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.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was continuously pursued, and the December 19, 2022, private medical opinion provided a nexus between his seizure disorder and PTSD, which is already service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- epilepsy/seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091696
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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