L.M. Yasui
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 699
- Granted
- 37
- Partly granted
- 47
- Other outcomes
- 615
12% 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 an earlier effective date for a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities prior to February 14,…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraines, including as secondary to cervical strain, due to pre-decisional duty to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (left tonsil) due to a lack of evidence…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his heart condition, including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a perforated ear drum (left side) as the evidence did not support that it was…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to additional retroactive VA disability compensation benefits under the CRDP program due to a…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The appeal for service connection for pre-diabetes, impaired fasting glucose was dismissed due to a procedural defect involving the…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board denied the claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based upon service connection for the cause of the Veteran's…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for a right eye disability, including non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema and…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for increased initial evaluations of degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, left shoulder strain…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for GERD to obtain an adequate medical opinion as required by law.
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance beginning January 24, 2023. The claims…
2025-12-22 · mixed