The Board has granted service connection for epilepsy, finding that the condition was incurred during active duty service and is not due to any pre-existing condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran's epilepsy first onset during service and continued after separation. The presumption of soundness on entry to service does not apply as there is no clear and unmistakable evidence that the condition existed prior to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Epilepsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22069843
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What this means for you
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The Board dismissed the appeal as the May 24, 2021 rating decision proposing to reduce the evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy from 80 percent to 10 percent was not a final action and thus not ripe for review.
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