J.W. Francis
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,030
- Granted
- 164
- Partly granted
- 13
- Other outcomes
- 853
17% 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 has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right eye disorder, initially claimed as bilateral eye disorder.…
2022-01-13 · granted
- The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings for left leg acute thrombus and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy have been dismissed.…
2022-01-13 · dismissed
- The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as incurred in service.,The Veteran's diabetes mellitus claim, related to herbicide exposure, is…
2022-01-13 · granted
- The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine the nature and etiology of any psychiatric…
2022-01-13 · remanded
- The appeal for service connection for arthritic pain of the right foot is dismissed. The issues of service connection for enteric nerve…
2022-01-12 · dismissed
- The Veteran's claim for a 70 percent rating for PTSD was granted effective from May 23, 2014. The issues of service connection and…
2022-01-12 · granted
- The Veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent from March 19, 2012 to August 12, 2015. The appeal for a higher rating prior to…
2022-01-12 · granted
- The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's back condition and left lower extremity radiculopathy, but granted an earlier…
2022-01-11 · denied
- The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's hearing loss.
2022-01-11 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, finding a relative equal balance of evidence…
2022-01-11 · mixed
- The Veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a disability rating of 100 percent for the entire…
2022-01-11 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for narcolepsy, finding that the Veteran's condition was caused by his active service. The appeal to…
2022-01-11 · mixed