The claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding the Veteran's exposure history and etiology of his seizure disorder, fatigue, headaches, and psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: Further examination is required to determine if the Veteran's conditions are related to service or any confirmed exposures therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (claimed as fatigue due to epilepsy), Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Postictal Headache, Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Depressed Mood (claimed as PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23059062
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for temporal lobe epilepsy, finding that it did not arise prior to February 24, 2009.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of February 2, 2015 for the increased evaluation of 100 percent for service-connected temporal lobe epilepsy. The right foot condition issue is remanded due to a need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for temporal lobe epilepsy, finding that entitlement did not arise prior to February 24, 2009.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current temporal lobe epilepsy is related to service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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