The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of service connection for anxiety disorder. The seizure disorder claim is denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking it to his active service, including presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The chronic adjustment disorder claim is remanded due to lack of development.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's seizure disorder was incurred or aggravated by his military service, particularly given the presumption of herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder, Chronic Adjustment Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1121508
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's seizure disorder was not manifested by at least one major seizure in the past six months or two seizures in the last year, so her claim for a higher rating is denied.
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