The Veteran's service-connected Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Psychomotor Seizures disabilities are being remanded for further development to evaluate the severity of her conditions, including the frequency and impact of major and minor seizure episodes.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to complex medical issues involving the characterization of seizure episodes and whether separate combined ratings for Systemic Lupus Erythematous residuals may result in a higher evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Psychomotor Seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187825
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,036 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Denied
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