David Gratz
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 705
- Granted
- 152
- Partly granted
- 117
- Other outcomes
- 436
38% 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 Veteran was granted a 70 percent disability rating for unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder with major depressive…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding its etiology.
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted a rating of 70 percent, and the ratings for his right and left lower extremity…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board denied increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, right inguinal hernia, non allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and irritable…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for right and left hip degenerative arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for right and left knee conditions, denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for right lower extremity…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for right knee strain to ensure that the estimated range of motion provided for repeated…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for pneumonia and remanded the claims for iodine allergy, pilonidal cyst, sulfa allergy, heart…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for right foot gout, finding a link between the Veteran's in-service toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune…
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, scars, low back disability, left ankle disability, left and right shoulder…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension as additional evidence is needed to…
2025-12-22 · remanded