B. D. Watson
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,135
- Granted
- 198
- Partly granted
- 179
- Other outcomes
- 758
33% 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 the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his lung cancer was related to his…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and lumbar radicopathy, right side, secondary to the lumbosacral strain.
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and denied higher ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for migraine and muscle tension headaches, including as secondary to bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus,…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for residuals of frostbite of the bilateral hands and feet due to a lack of evidence showing current…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The appeal for service connection for traumatic brain injury has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The appeal for service connection for right foot pain was dismissed as the Board had previously granted it in full.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding no nexus to his active-duty service.
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The appeal for service connection for lumbosacral strain was dismissed, and the claims for service connection for a right shoulder…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The appeal was granted for the readjudication of the claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. The claim…
2025-12-29 · mixed