Ardie A. Bland
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 828
- Granted
- 201
- Partly granted
- 147
- Other outcomes
- 480
42% granted or partly granted. Counts describe only decisions visible in our corpus and say nothing about how any individual appeal will be decided — every appeal turns on its own facts and evidence.
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial. Counts are compiled from published Board of Veterans’ Appeals decisions — see how this data is built. If you believe this page misattributes a decision or misstates a record, contact us and we will review and correct it.
Conditions this judge decides most
Recent decisions
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began during his active duty service and is related…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and a sleep disability, claimed as sleep apnea, due to…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable rating for service-connected hypertension due to a procedural error in notifying…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board denied a higher rating for the residuals of bladder cancer but granted an earlier effective date for service connection.
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 25, 2017, for the award of service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for functional intestinal disorder with chronic diarrhea as secondary to the Veteran's…
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for a VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's cerebral infarction is proximately caused or…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed due to an impermissible…
2025-12-22 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck disability, left foot bunion, right foot bunion, right hip disability, and…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss on a direct basis, finding that the evidence did not support a causal…
2025-12-18 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as the…
2025-12-18 · denied
- The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected posttraumatic stress…
2025-12-18 · remanded