L. M. Barnard
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,456
- Granted
- 415
- Partly granted
- 152
- Other outcomes
- 1,889
23% 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 service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of PTSD…
2025-12-31 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for celiac disease, functional gastrointestinal disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, and medically…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, headaches, a back disability,…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to a duty…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of colon cancer, claimed as due to exposure to asbestos, for an addendum opinion…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during active…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The appeal for service connection for a low back disorder was dismissed as the RO granted service connection in a November 2023 rating…
2025-12-23 · dismissed
- The veteran withdrew his appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability, and the claim is dismissed.
2025-12-22 · dismissed
- The Board remands the issue of an earlier effective date for TDIU due to the service-connected right shoulder disability, as a…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected ischemic optic neuropathy of the…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hemorrhoids, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between…
2025-12-18 · denied