D. Smart
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 857
- Granted
- 166
- Partly granted
- 136
- Other outcomes
- 555
35% 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 granted an effective date of October 17, 2022, for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
2025-12-31 · granted
- The appeal for entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) has been withdrawn by the Veteran's…
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right foot hallux valgus from January 9, 2024, and denied an initial rating in excess…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for her acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for right and left knee disabilities, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for epidermoid tumor, hearing loss, vision loss, and stroke due to an inadequate…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected…
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for hiatal hernia but denied it for obstructive sleep apnea.
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of knee conditions, and the Board dismissed all related claims.
2025-12-19 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) with somatic…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of left and right hip injuries due to a failure by VA to provide proper…
2025-12-18 · remanded