The Veteran's request to reopen the previously denied claims for seizure disorder and psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder is granted. The claim for service connection for seizure disorder (claimed as epilepsy) is also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing a current diagnosis of seizure disorder and psychiatric conditions, which raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder, Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19165640
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