The Board found that the Veteran's narcolepsy disability did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 60 percent prior to April 2016 and 80 percent thereafter. The evidence demonstrated that his episodes were at most nine to ten times per week, which warranted at most a 60 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The frequency of the Veteran's narcoleptic episodes did not meet the criteria for major seizures as required by the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- narcolepsy, cataplexy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1711877
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