Brian J. Elwood
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
39 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.
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Conditions this judge decides most
Recent decisions
- The Board has decided that a remand is necessary to obtain additional VA treatment records and schedule an examination for the Veteran's…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral upper extremity disabilities, as they are…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and a disability…
2022-01-11 · remanded
- The Board has remanded three issues: service connection for sleep disability, headache disability, and respiratory disability. The…
2019-12-17 · remanded
- The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected due to combat exposure during his time in the Republic of Vietnam.
2019-12-12 · granted
- The Board denied the appellant's claim for additional monthly DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1311(a)(2) because they were not continuously married…
2019-12-12 · denied
- The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of…
2019-12-11 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the increased rating of PTSD was denied. The Board found that it is not factually…
2019-12-10 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her service-connected left knee scar is granted, but no higher than 10 percent. The Board…
2019-12-10 · remanded
- The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has ordered a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his…
2019-12-06 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for right arm tenosynovitis and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as…
2019-12-05 · granted
- The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there is at least an even balance of…
2019-12-05 · granted