The Board has granted service connection for a seizure disorder effective July 25, 1977. However, the RO denied Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits on the basis that the veteran's total disability was not permanent in nature. The case is remanded to issue a Statement of the Case addressing this issue.
The deciding factor: The service department records showed treatment for a head injury with loss of consciousness in 1971, which supported the veteran's claim of a seizure disorder as being related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0404287
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headache disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder as the evidence did not support a direct or secondary relationship to military service.
- Denied
The Board denied separate compensable ratings for a seizure disorder and migraine headaches associated with the Veteran's service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals.
- Remanded (sent back)
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