The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, excluding residuals of TBI. The Board found that there is at least as much evidence to support the claim as against it and thus concluded in favor of granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran had an in-service seizure in June 2004 which was not diagnosed as epilepsy but did not rule out a current diagnosis of epilepsy based on his history and medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder (Epilepsy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19002926
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Epilepsy and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include as secondary to epilepsy) due to new evidence received since the final April 1980 denial. The Veteran's original claim for a seizure disorder was denied in April 1980, but new evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to missing records and need for further development, including obtaining service treatment records, personnel records, and authorization for medical records. A new examination by a neurologist is also required.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent.,Seizure disorder does not meet the criteria for a higher than 40 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's seizure disorder (epilepsy) and psychosis were found to have manifested within one year of his separation from service, warranting presumptive service connection.
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