L. S. Kyle
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
19 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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Conditions this judge decides most
Recent decisions
- The Veteran's cervical spine disability is rated at 30 percent since December 23, 2019. The earlier effective date of May 1, 2015 for the…
2022-01-12 · granted
- The Veteran's appeal of the effective date for right shoulder arthritis and TDIU is denied. The case is remanded to obtain a new opinion…
2020-01-28 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for PTSD, right knee disability, and TDIU due to incomplete procedures in issuing a…
2020-01-28 · remanded
- The Veteran's right knee disability, specifically instability and recurrent locking with joint pain and effusion, has been granted a 20…
2020-01-28 · granted
- The Veteran's low back disability, diagnosed as lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, is now service connected.,The radiculopathy affecting…
2020-01-27 · granted
- The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensable. The Board has ordered a remand to obtain…
2020-01-24 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder is denied, and his claim for a…
2020-01-23 · denied
- The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome is granted service connection on a presumptive basis. The issue of reopening the respiratory…
2020-01-15 · granted
- The Board has determined that a new examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's respiratory disability, including pulmonary…
2020-01-14 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for GERD and substance abuse disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric…
2020-01-14 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the cases for a new examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claims for coronary…
2020-01-13 · remanded
- The Veteran's death in January 2015 was not related to service, and therefore his claim for service connection for the cause of his death…
2020-01-10 · denied