C.W. Symanski
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,012
- Granted
- 236
- Partly granted
- 10
- Other outcomes
- 766
24% 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 found that the veteran's thyroid cancer was not incurred in service and denied his claim.
2006-12-29 · denied
- The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for otitis externa, multiple joint pains of the left and right knees,…
2006-12-29 · denied
- The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for chronic sinusitis, currently rated at 30 percent disabling, was denied by the Board.…
2006-12-28 · denied
- The Board denied an increased disability rating for the veteran's fracture of the right tibia and fibula, with scarring over the right…
2006-12-27 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for left ear hearing loss prior to January 15, 1999, finding that his…
2006-12-26 · denied
- The Board found that the veteran's back disability, diagnosed as pseudogout, osteoarthritis, and degenerative disc disease, was not…
2006-12-20 · denied
- The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to…
2006-12-20 · remanded
- The Board has determined that the veteran does not have COPD related to service or any exposure to radiation and/or mustard gas therein,…
2006-12-20 · denied
- The Board has determined that the veteran's current lumbar spine disability, diagnosed as intervertebral lumbar disc disease/degenerative…
2006-12-19 · granted
- The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
2006-12-19 · remanded
- The veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with hammertoes does not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating based on an…
2006-12-19 · denied
- The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for either post-operative residuals of hernias…
2006-12-19 · denied