David Wight
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
19 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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 tinnitus, and denied initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for right ankle tendonitis and…
2025-03-11 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis and chronic rhinitis, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence of…
2025-03-10 · denied
- The Veteran was granted a 30 percent evaluation for migraine headaches prior to December 28, 2023, but the claim for a rating in excess of…
2025-03-07 · mixed
- The Board granted an effective date of February 14, 2019, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability…
2025-03-06 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for right knee degenerative joint disease, lumbar degenerative disc disease, and bilateral lower…
2025-03-05 · granted
- The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claims.
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for a right knee and ankle disability as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the…
2009-03-26 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating, service connection for a seizure disorder and depression as secondary to…
2009-03-19 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a new VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's…
2009-03-19 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining the Veteran's service treatment records and VA treatment records, as…
2009-03-16 · remanded
- The Veteran's left knee disorder is manifested by a range of motion from 0-100 degrees, at worst, with painful motion and mild…
2009-03-16 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus as the preponderance of evidence did not support a…
2009-03-12 · denied