The Board denied service connection for a seizure disability, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability. The TDIU claim was remanded due to the Veteran's assertion that his service-connected disabilities prevent him from working.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s seizure disorder was less likely than not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability, and it was an entirely separate entity from the failed epidural injection in April 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20082032
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Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to his seizure disability was denied. The Board found that the denial in a September 2015 rating decision implicitly denied any pending inferred claim for SMC, as it related to the level of disability from his seizure disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's seizure disability has manifested in one major seizure every month throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100% rating from May 7, 2025 to October 16, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee strain and seizure disability due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions. The VA must provide new opinions addressing whether the disabilities are related to active service, including any aggravation by a pre-existing condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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