K.A. Kennerly
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 785
- Granted
- 125
- Partly granted
- 87
- Other outcomes
- 573
27% 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 remands the claim for a medical opinion on whether plantar fasciitis was aggravated by active duty training.
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely…
2025-12-31 · denied
- The appeal for service connection for thyroid surgery and removal was dismissed due to procedural defects in the filing of a valid notice…
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied a compensable rating for the veteran's right ear hearing loss and an increased rating for his anxiety disorder, but…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for spinal stenosis, peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus to correct pre-decisional errors…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for chronic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus, Type 2 as secondary to the chronic pancreatitis.
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the service connection of degenerative arthritis in the right thumb, long finger, ring…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for a back disability, secondary to the appellant's service-connected right knee disability.
2025-12-23 · granted
- The appeal for entitlement to specially adapted housing was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review under different appeal lanes.…
2025-12-23 · dismissed