David L. Wight
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,156
- Granted
- 469
- Partly granted
- 163
- Other outcomes
- 1,524
29% 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 service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing and remanded the claim for service connection for fatigue (claimed as…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and ensure compliance with previous Board remand instructions.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and Meniere's syndrome, as well as…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines, GERD, and PTSD to obtain additional medical evidence.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 23, 2022, for the award of service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a cervical spine disorder and bilateral cataracts of the eyes.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for involuntary urination and involuntary bowel as well as a claim for special monthly…
2025-12-23 · remanded