The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to service connection for partial complex seizures, but not for an unspecified neurological disorder claimed as partial loss of use of the left side of his body.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner diagnosed the partial complex seizures in January 2005 and provided a nexus between them and the closed head injury in service. However, there is no current diagnosis or evidence of a specific neurological disorder affecting the left side of the veteran's body.
- Claimed conditions
- partial complex seizures, unspecified neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0630413
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 684 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for partial complex seizures, TBI, and lymphedema of the right and left lower extremities, as well as effective dates prior to December 19, 2012, for total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU), special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for revision or reversal of the February 2019 rating decision, which assigned an effective date of March 20, 2017, for the award of service connection for partial complex seizures, based on CUE is dismissed without prejudice to refiling.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected partial complex seizures with migraines and syncope are being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition. Additionally, the issue of TDIU is also being remanded due to its inextricability from the seizure disorder claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for migraines as secondary to service-connected tinnitus. Service connection was denied for unspecified neurological disorder, sleep disorder/insomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
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