Kathy A. Banfield
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 332
- Granted
- 38
- Partly granted
- 10
- Other outcomes
- 284
14% 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 an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for hepatitis C and remanded the issue of service connection for…
2008-04-04 · mixed
- The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and an…
2005-02-16 · denied
- The veteran's claim for accrued benefits was denied as there were no unpaid VA benefits due him at the time of his death, and no new…
2005-02-16 · denied
- The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a right knee and leg disorder and a back disorder, finding that there…
2005-02-16 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 25, 2002, for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The…
2005-02-15 · denied
- The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed low back disorder, bilateral knee disorder, and glaucoma are not service-connected as…
2005-02-15 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for sickle cell anemia and the claim to reopen PTSD, hearing loss, tinnitus, glaucoma, flat feet, and…
2005-02-15 · denied
- The Board found that the in-service adenoidectomy did not result in current residuals, and thus denied a compensable disability rating.
2005-02-15 · denied
- The Board has denied all service connection claims for hypertension, kidney disorder, liver disorder, circulatory disorder, impotence, and…
2005-02-14 · denied
- The veteran's appeal is remanded to consider his claim for a higher disability rating and an earlier effective date for service connection…
2005-02-10 · remanded
- The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a right inguinal hernia, finding that new and…
2005-02-09 · denied
- The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant, and thus the case is dismissed.
2005-02-09 · dismissed