B.T. Knope
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,948
- Granted
- 457
- Partly granted
- 115
- Other outcomes
- 1,376
29% 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 denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder arthritis, left shoulder arthritis,…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding the evidence to be in approximate balance as to whether it onset during service.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on housebound status, as he did…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, a 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), and a…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia as there is no evidence of a current disability.
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder,…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal is dismissed as the January 2025 rating decision was not final and a proposed reduction is not appealable.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an increased rating for a headache disability, and the Board dismissed the claim.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied service connection for bilateral shoulder strain and…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to an increased rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right ankle…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board dismissed the claim seeking entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and denied a…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied increased ratings for left shoulder, right knee, and left knee…
2025-12-29 · mixed