The Board granted service connection for seizures, finding that the Veteran's current seizure condition is proximately due to his service-connected right/left internal carotid artery blockage.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the current seizure condition is proximately related to the service-connected right/left internal carotid artery blockage.
- Claimed conditions
- seizures
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061519
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for TBI residuals (to include headaches, fatigue, and seizures) for accrued benefits purposes to obtain a retrospective etiological opinion.
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