Dustin L. Ware
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 899
- Granted
- 238
- Partly granted
- 167
- Other outcomes
- 494
45% 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 an effective date of May 1, 2019, for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD and granted earlier effective dates for the…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches based on the receipt of new and relevant evidence.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on new and relevant evidence.
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis and granted a…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a heart condition to obtain an addendum opinion from a VA clinician regarding whether the Veteran's…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for aphonia, restored the 60 percent rating for bladder dysfunction, and denied SMC based…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the right ankle…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for cervical strain, left upper extremity…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for sleep apnea.
2025-12-22 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran's insomnia has been aggravated by his service-connected…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and right middle finger strain with…
2025-12-19 · mixed