Delyvonne M. Whitehead
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,164
- Granted
- 227
- Partly granted
- 129
- Other outcomes
- 808
31% 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 denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 50 percent for his psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding no evidence that his death was related to any injury or…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's right ankle disability and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric…
2025-12-18 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss based on the results of a March 2023 VA…
2025-12-17 · denied
- The Board denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for residual scars from basal cell carcinoma and remanded the claim for service…
2025-12-16 · mixed
- The Board reopened the claim for service connection for a neck condition based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded it for further…
2025-12-16 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's pharyngeal cancer and its potential relation to service,…
2025-12-12 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for heart conditions, including aortic insufficiency and trace mitral regurgitation aortic root…
2025-12-11 · granted
- The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
2025-12-10 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new, adequate medical opinion considering the…
2025-12-10 · remanded
- The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and increased ratings for various disabilities.
2025-12-10 · denied