The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 28, 2016 for the award of a 20 percent rating for his seizure disorder.,An effective date of April 28, 2016 is also granted for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).,TDIU is granted effective April 28, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's seizure disorder increased in severity as of April 28, 2016 and he experienced at least two minor seizures within six months prior to March 21, 2017.,The weight of the evidence is against finding major seizures or averaging more than five minor seizures weekly.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19154644
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury and Seizure Disorder were granted with effective dates of April 18, 2019.,SMC at the housebound rate was also granted on this date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran's TBI, psychiatric disorder, seizure disorder, and tremors are all in question.
- Denied
The Veteran's seizure disorder was not manifested by at least one major seizure in the past six months or two seizures in the last year, so her claim for a higher rating is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for a seizure disorder due to insufficient evidence in the medical opinion provided. The Veteran's current diagnosis is attributed to his history of syncope episodes during service, which may or may not be related to his current condition.
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