Ardie Bland
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
10 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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 remands the claims for bilateral peripheral neuropathy to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's…
2025-05-29 · remanded
- The Veteran's pneumothorax (collapsed lung and reduced capacity) following a VA biopsy was not caused by any fault on the part of VA, and…
2024-11-07 · denied
- The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to…
2024-11-05 · remanded
- The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
2024-11-01 · dismissed
- The Board has determined that the VA examination provided was incomplete, as it did not address both causation and aggravation aspects of…
2024-11-01 · remanded
- The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee joint osteoarthritis, finding that it is etiologically…
2024-10-31 · granted
- The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The left knee scar and ankle disability are denied, with no…
2024-10-17 · granted
- The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for dermatitis (claimed as skin rash) is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the…
2024-10-16 · dismissed
- The Veteran's left foot scar, resulting from a bunionectomy procedure in February 2003, was found to be less than an area of 144 square…
2024-10-15 · denied
- The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated at 0 percent, the lowest possible rating. The VA determined that his hearing…
2024-10-15 · denied