J. Abrams
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 252
- Granted
- 46
- Partly granted
- 37
- Other outcomes
- 169
33% 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 an earlier effective date for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating for PTSD and entitlement to TDIU due to an inadequate medical opinion.
2025-12-18 · remanded
- The Board remands the matter to correct a duty to assist error related to the failure to obtain private treatment records from Dr. J.K.…
2025-12-17 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer due to exposure to contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, finding…
2025-12-16 · denied
- The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and…
2025-12-11 · granted
- The appeals for proposed reductions of the Veteran's IBS and GERD evaluations are dismissed as they were not final decisions under the…
2025-12-09 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and unspecified sleep…
2025-12-09 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
2025-12-05 · remanded
- The appeal for entitlement to revision of the June 2022 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD on the basis of CUE is…
2025-12-03 · dismissed
- The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected thoracolumbar…
2025-12-01 · granted
- The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain with disc bulging at L5-S1 and IVDS, left lower…
2025-11-26 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding some issues for further development.
2025-11-24 · denied