D. C. Johnson
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 216
- Granted
- 56
- Partly granted
- 14
- Other outcomes
- 146
32% 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 bilateral foot disability, respiratory disability (breathing difficulty), cardiac disability…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for acrophobia effective May 28, 2019, but denied an initial disability rating in excess…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022 for the award of service connection for chronic sinusitis but denied earlier…
2025-12-17 · mixed
- The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder, anxiety disorder, borderline intellectual functioning, and dyslexia have prevented him…
2025-12-15 · granted
- The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but not higher, prior to November 14, 2021 for stable angina and valvular heart disease…
2025-12-10 · mixed
- The Board granted the petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric…
2025-12-10 · mixed
- The Board denied increased ratings for larynx cancer, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. A 10 percent rating was granted for…
2025-12-04 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a respiratory disability to obtain a supplemental medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's signs…
2025-12-04 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability for further…
2025-12-04 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was not sufficient…
2025-12-02 · denied
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to require regular aid and attendance, thus granting special…
2025-12-02 · granted
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU due solely to service-connected major depressive disorder and special monthly compensation…
2025-11-25 · denied