Jonathan Hager
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,604
- Granted
- 1,453
- Partly granted
- 235
- Other outcomes
- 916
65% 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 Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss,…
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board granted an effective date of April 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for tinnitus and a 100 percent initial rating…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted an increased rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's total left knee replacement and a 10 percent rating for scars…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Veteran's migraine headaches have been granted a maximum schedular rating of 50 percent from June 16, 2016.
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted an initial rating of 100 percent, the maximum schedular rating, effective August 29, 2024.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral knee strain, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation due to…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for right shoulder disability and left wrist disability based on credible lay evidence of in-service…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) from October 14, 2024.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted an effective date of July 2, 2006 for the award of service connection for PTSD based on new and material evidence that…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Veteran's PTSD symptoms and overall impairment more nearly approximate deficiencies in most areas from January 11, 2016 to October 19,…
2025-12-29 · granted