Joy A. Mcdonald
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,293
- Granted
- 198
- Partly granted
- 25
- Other outcomes
- 1,070
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 denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD.
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Board's decision of October 2007 was vacated due to a denial of due process, and the case is remanded for further development.
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The veteran's low back disability was rated at various levels based on the severity of symptoms and functional impairment over different…
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type 2, is manifested by symptoms requiring insulin and a restricted diet. The Board denied an evaluation…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Board grants service connection for a musculoskeletal right ankle disorder as it is related to the Veteran's service-connected…
2009-03-27 · granted
- The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's low back disorder and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, but granted a 20…
2009-03-26 · mixed
- The Board finds that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to active military service and grants service connection for it.
2009-03-26 · granted
- The Veteran's claim to reopen for service connection of tinnitus was denied as new and material evidence was not submitted.
2009-03-26 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder and granted initial 10% disability ratings for gastroesophageal reflux…
2009-03-25 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the medical evidence of record does not relate these…
2009-03-25 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, as the evidence did not show that the Veteran was exposed to…
2009-03-25 · denied
- The evidence of record does not demonstrate that a lung disorder is related to the appellant's active service, including as due to…
2009-03-24 · denied