The Board remands the claim for service connection for seizures to the AOJ to obtain missing service treatment records and a medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the failure of the AOJ to make necessary requests to attempt to obtain the Veteran's missing service treatment records and to obtain a medical opinion with sufficient information to decide the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25043810
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.
- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for seizures, to include epilepsy, as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had a current diagnosis of such a disorder related to his military service.
- 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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