The Board denied the application to reopen the claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to support the reopening of the claim for service connection for a seizure disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder (Epilepsy)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0415314
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Decisions by this judge: 685 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Epilepsy and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include as secondary to epilepsy) due to new evidence received since the final April 1980 denial. The Veteran's original claim for a seizure disorder was denied in April 1980, but new evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing records and need for further development, including obtaining service treatment records, personnel records, and authorization for medical records. A new examination by a neurologist is also required.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, excluding residuals of TBI. The Board found that there is at least as much evidence to support the claim as against it and thus concluded in favor of granting service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent.,Seizure disorder does not meet the criteria for a higher than 40 percent rating.
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