J. A. Markey
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 609
- Granted
- 92
- Partly granted
- 39
- Other outcomes
- 478
22% 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 is requesting additional personnel records and an audit to determine if the Veteran was entitled to a housing allowance during…
2015-06-24 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded for further development and readjudication of the claim.
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded to obtain outstanding VA medical records and schedule the veteran for a PTSD examination.
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The Veteran's partial small bowel obstruction with abdominal adhesions, status post exploratory laparotomy, is granted a 60 percent rating.
2009-03-27 · granted
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, as there was no credible evidence to corroborate the occurrence of…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Veteran's claim of service connection for the residuals of bronchopneumonia was not reopened as new and material evidence was not…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The claim for service connection for a stomach disorder was denied as new and material evidence has not been presented.,The application to…
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The veteran's requests to reopen claims for service connection for asthma, sleep apnea, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis were denied as…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and to reopen a claim for a psychiatric disorder due to lack of…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Veteran's service-connected disability was not continuously rated totally disabling for a period of 10 or more years immediately…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against a grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, as there was no…
2009-03-26 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, DDD of the lumbosacral spine, axonal sensorimotor…
2009-03-26 · denied