K. A. Banfield
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,738
- Granted
- 251
- Partly granted
- 45
- Other outcomes
- 1,442
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 Veteran's TBI residuals have been rated at 10 percent, with separate ratings for PTSD (50%), migraine headaches (10%), and tinnitus…
2022-01-12 · denied
- The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for seizures and migraine headaches due to new evidence submitted. The…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's right knee, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, PTSD, and left shoulder…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the cases due to a need for additional medical opinion regarding the involvement of the fifth cranial nerves and…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for hemorrhoids prior to May 19, 2016 and from November 30, 2016 is denied. A 10…
2022-01-12 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for spinal disabilities, finding that there is no evidence linking the current conditions to service.
2022-01-10 · denied
- The Board has remanded the claims for an increased rating for migraine headaches and a TDIU due to inconsistencies in the January 2019 VA…
2022-01-10 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for a lower back disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
2022-01-10 · granted
- The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbar spine disability was denied because he failed to report for the scheduled VA…
2022-01-07 · denied
- The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee osteoarthritis is being remanded due to the need for…
2022-01-07 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for residuals of DVT with soft tissue injury was denied, but he received a separate 40…
2022-01-06 · remanded
- The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for right ear hearing loss and acquired psychiatric disorder…
2022-01-04 · remanded