The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions on direct and secondary service connection for epilepsy/seizure disorder. The Veteran's claims are now pending again.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a thorough analysis of the Veteran's lay statements regarding head injuries during service, nor did they adequately discuss the relationship between PTSD and seizure disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- epilepsy/seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22003148
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 18, 2022, for the grant of service connection for epilepsy/seizure disorder and a 40 percent rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases of service connection for a back condition and epilepsy/seizure disorder due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran's claims are being returned to VA for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected anxiety disorder and for service connection for an epilepsy/seizure disorder. The decision found that the veteran's anxiety disorder was manifested by symptoms that were productive of not more than occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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