The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for seizure disorder and schizophrenia. However, both issues have been remanded due to insufficient evidence on their merits.
The deciding factor: Both conditions require additional medical examination and opinion to determine if they are related to service or any other relevant factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder, Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080149
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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