J.M. Estes
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 134
- Granted
- 25
- Partly granted
- 25
- Other outcomes
- 84
37% 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 claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for painful right gluteal cleft scar, a compensable rating for…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for accrued benefits due to an incomplete claims file and the need to rebuild missing contents.
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Veteran's military stressors.
2025-12-12 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for interstitial pulmonary fibrosis but granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for…
2025-12-11 · mixed
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD, as the earliest possible date for which service…
2025-12-10 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction due to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorders and…
2025-12-10 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for left hand, right hip, left knee, and right knee disabilities as the evidence did not support an…
2025-12-08 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, to schedule a VA examination due to insufficient…
2025-12-05 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis on a presumptive basis, but denied service connection for…
2025-12-04 · mixed
- The Board restored a 50% disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, while…
2025-12-03 · mixed
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD with opioid use disorder and granted a 70 percent…
2025-12-02 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease and remanded the claim for sleep apnea due to a need for further evidence.
2025-12-01 · mixed