Epilepsy & seizure disorders decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of June 24, 2020, for the grant of an increased rating to 80 percent for epilepsy and denied a higher rating. The Board also granted an effective date of June 24, 2020, for TDIU.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a seizure disorder and remanded the claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Veteran's service-connected tonic-clonic seizures or grand mal, to include seizures with aura, are granted a rating of 80 percent from June 24, 2019.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected complex partial seizure, right lower extremity neuropathy, and left lower extremity neuropathy associated with Gulf War environmental hazards, as well as a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and epilepsy was denied as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed, and good cause has not been shown to accept the late filing.

The Board granted an 80 percent disability rating for seizure disorder, a 30 percent rating for left eye atrophy and blindness, and a TDIU due to the seizure disorder. The discontinuation of the 100 percent disability rating for Rosai-Dorfman disease was upheld.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's stroke and seizure disabilities, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and his military service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied readjudication of the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an anxiety condition, a seizure disorder, and high blood pressure as there was no new and relevant evidence submitted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for ocular migraines and a seizure disorder as further development is necessary to address the issue of aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and a compensable rating for migraine headaches, granted an effective date of August 16, 2022, but no earlier, for the 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI, and remanded claims related to special monthly compensation.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for seizures to the AOJ to obtain missing service treatment records and a medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for dizziness secondary to epilepsy, as the evidence did not support a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that it was aggravated beyond its normal progression by pain and sleep deprivation caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.