The Board has dismissed the issue of service connection for a heart condition. The Veteran's seizures were rated as 40% disabling from March 6, 2014 and granted TDIU effective July 2, 2010. SMC A&A was also granted effective March 6, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s representative withdrew the issue of service connection for a heart condition prior to the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Complex partial seizures, Heart condition (disputed)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148543
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for complex partial seizures with accompanying migraine headaches is remanded due to the absence of recent private medical records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating greater than 20 percent for complex partial seizures due to cerebrovascular accidents is denied.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for swallowing difficulty associated with cerebrovascular accidents is denied.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for migraine headaches and TDIU are remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and TDIU prior to specific dates have been dismissed as she withdrew her legacy appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU. The Board has remanded the case to consider an extraschedular TDIU rating due to his service-connected seizures.
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