John Kitlas
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
28 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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Recent decisions
- The Veteran's appeals for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, a cervical spine condition, and a thoracolumbar spine condition have been…
2020-12-01 · dismissed
- The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (previously PTSD) and a lumbar…
2020-11-19 · remanded
- The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy was rated at 10 percent prior to July 25, 2017 and at 20 percent on and after that…
2020-11-19 · denied
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for neuropathy/radiculopathy of the left and right upper extremities as…
2020-11-19 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left shoulder conditions due to insufficient evidence in…
2020-11-19 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for skin cancer and GERD, but denied service connection for a right knee disability. The claim of…
2020-11-18 · granted
- The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include bipolar disorder. The decision also remanded…
2020-11-18 · granted
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 40 percent for her lumbar spine disability and for TDIU prior to…
2020-11-17 · remanded
- The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for neck disability, hypertension, and thoracolumbar spine disability.…
2020-11-17 · denied
- The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and left ankle disabilities due to a lack of evidence…
2020-11-12 · denied
- The Veteran's service connection claim for TBI and PTSD remains denied, while the claims for left knee and ankle disabilities are…
2020-11-12 · mixed
- The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected, with the Board finding that his reported stressors are consistent with his military…
2020-11-06 · granted