The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for chronic seizure disorder and chronic head injury residuals.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which is relevant and probative of the issues at hand, including documentation from active duty service and post-service medical records indicating potential links between the conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic seizure disorder, chronic head injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0426603
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a chronic seizure disorder, as well as an increased rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and TDIU prior to October 31, 2020. Additional evidence was received since the last SSOCs but not waived by the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic seizure disorder is presumed to have been incurred during active service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Partly granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder), and a chronic seizure disorder. The evidence submitted since the previous decisions is both new and material.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain a VA examination for his claimed chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, hearing loss disability, and tinnitus. The RO will also consider the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.304 as amended.
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