David H. Robertson
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 344
- Granted
- 23
- Partly granted
- 14
- Other outcomes
- 307
11% 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 remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to fibromyalgia due to a need for…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a muscle condition due to a pre-decisional duty to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 18, 2022, for the grant of service connection for sleep…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) for loss of use of a creative organ due to the…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The appeals for service connection for various conditions were dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
2025-12-23 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for blood clots to afford the Veteran a VA examination and obtain a medical opinion…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board denied the claims for entitlement to service connection for a cardiovascular disability, including atrial enlargement, LVH, and…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (r)(2) level due to his service-connected disabilities requiring a higher…
2025-12-19 · granted
- The appeal of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for hypothyroidism was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent…
2025-12-17 · dismissed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher…
2025-12-16 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral knee conditions due to insufficient evidence and a need for a VA…
2025-12-16 · remanded