The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his service-connected grand mal seizures was granted, with an effective date of April 15, 2004, for the award of an increased disability rating of 80 percent. The effective date for the full 100 percent rating was March 21, 2005.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's seizures began occurring with greater frequency more than one year before his claim was received by VA, and he experienced major seizures on average at least once per month over the prior year starting from March 21, 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- grand mal seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1731249
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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