J. Kirby
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 709
- Granted
- 140
- Partly granted
- 130
- Other outcomes
- 439
38% 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 claims for service connection for nocturia, left shoulder condition, and right shoulder condition due to a duty to…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Veteran's effective date for the award of an 80 percent rating for narcolepsy is granted from August 11, 2015.
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 31, 2012, for TDIU and October 22, 2012, for service connection of left and right lower…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection claims related to peripheral neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right foot calcaneal spurs due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for essential tremors to correct errors in fulfilling the duty to assist, specifically related to an…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a compensable rating for hypertension, and a compensable rating for…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The appeal for service connection for fibromyalgia was granted with an effective date of August 14, 2023. The appeals for earlier…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Veteran's claim for an automobile allowance was granted, while several other claims for increased ratings were denied. The Board also…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board denied the reduction of the rating for service-connected stroke from 100 percent to 10 percent, and granted service connection…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The appeal for entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was withdrawn by the appellant.
2025-12-19 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, finding it to be related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during…
2025-12-19 · granted