The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, to include a seizure disorder, based on new and material evidence submitted since the final September 2001 rating decision. The issue now proceeds to determine if the seizure disorder is related to service.
The deciding factor: New medical opinions indicate that it is possible for one to develop posttraumatic seizures years after head trauma sustained in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0604341
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a higher rating for TBI, an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits, and remanded service connection for seizure disorder.
- 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)
The appeal for service connection for a seizure disorder was denied as new and material evidence was not received to reopen the previously denied claim. The claims for increased disability evaluations were remanded due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations.
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