The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and opinions regarding the Veteran's seizure disorder and psychiatric disability. The appeal is inextricably intertwined with the claims for higher initial ratings for a psychiatric disability and for service connection for a seizure disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the April 2012 VA examiner's opinion was internally inconsistent, failed to address the Veteran's theory of service connection related to exposure to lead in service, and remanded the case for an additional VA examination and medical opinion by a specialist physician.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2015
- Citation
- 1546939
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to his seizure disability was denied. The Board found that the denial in a September 2015 rating decision implicitly denied any pending inferred claim for SMC, as it related to the level of disability from his seizure disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's seizure disability has manifested in one major seizure every month throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100% rating from May 7, 2025 to October 16, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee strain and seizure disability due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions. The VA must provide new opinions addressing whether the disabilities are related to active service, including any aggravation by a pre-existing condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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