J. B. Freeman
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 837
- Granted
- 116
- Partly granted
- 84
- Other outcomes
- 637
24% 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 remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a back disability due to a duty to assist error, specifically…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and shortness of breath as untimely. The…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The appeal of the February 16, 2023, proposal to reduce the disability rating for right hip strain is dismissed. The Board also denied an…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether it is…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the reduction in the disability rating of insomnia disorder, and the Board has no jurisdiction…
2025-12-19 · dismissed
- The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for further…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hip, knee, and ankle disabilities due to a lack of evidence supporting an…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board granted an effective date of February 1, 2024, for the award of a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU)…
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Board remands the case to adjudicate the Veteran's motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a 2009 rating decision, as well as…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board remands the matter for a retrospective medical assessment regarding the severity of the Veteran's headaches without medication…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and an increased rating for gastritis, gastroenteritis, and GERD to obtain a…
2025-12-18 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of eligibility for PCAFC due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including improper notice and an…
2025-12-17 · remanded