Christopher A. Wendell
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 291
- Granted
- 38
- Partly granted
- 39
- Other outcomes
- 214
26% 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 appeal for revocation from VA's PCAFC program was dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for legacy participants.
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board remands the case to allow for further development and processing of the claim under the presently applicable statutory and…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board remands the case to obtain a legally adequate medical opinion from CEAT regarding the Veteran's eligibility for PCAFC benefits,…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Appellee is eligible for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an August 2025 rating decision, to…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and earlier effective dates as there was no evidence to…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for left eye conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma and remanded the issue of service connection for an…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for a left and right ankle condition due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses, while…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board is remanding the case to obtain and associate with the record evidence of Social Security Administration records indicating that…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability from February 28, 2018 to June 18, 2024 and…
2025-12-19 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of his left wrist, as the evidence did…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board remands the case for an adequate medical opinion regarding eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive…
2025-12-19 · remanded