The Board has determined that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current temporal lobe epilepsy is related to service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the reasonable doubt created by the relative equipoise in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran, granting service connection for his temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Claimed conditions
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1733226
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for temporal lobe epilepsy, finding that it did not arise prior to February 24, 2009.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of February 2, 2015 for the increased evaluation of 100 percent for service-connected temporal lobe epilepsy. The right foot condition issue is remanded due to a need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for temporal lobe epilepsy, finding that entitlement did not arise prior to February 24, 2009.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's temporal lobe epilepsy, finding that it began in service. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and etiology.
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