The VA has granted a 60 percent disability rating for the veteran's myoclonic epilepsy, but did not grant any increase beyond this.
The deciding factor: The frequency of major seizures was found to be less than what is required for an 80% or 100% evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Myoclonic Epilepsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0402515
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Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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