The Veteran's seizure disorder (epilepsy) is related to his active duty service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The private physician's opinions provided by the Veteran are of greater probative weight than the VA examiner's opinion, as they rely on the Veteran's competent and credible reports of in-service symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disorder (epilepsy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18111077
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What this means for you
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