The Veteran's seizure disability has been rated at 80% since May 9, 2007. He is also granted a TDIU due to his service-connected seizure disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experiences major seizures approximately once every three months and is unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his seizure disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1704480
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
PTSD, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, seizure disability, and tinnitus have been granted as service connected.,Tinnitus was initially present during active service and persists to the present.
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