L. Stepanick
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 915
- Granted
- 220
- Partly granted
- 126
- Other outcomes
- 569
38% 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 sleep apnea but granted service connection for migraine headaches.
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during active duty service.
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right leg sciatica with radiculopathy pain and paresthesia, but denied increased ratings for…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss due to an error in the agency of original…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) from October 22, 2021.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative and is therefore dismissed.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance,…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a kidney cyst (claimed as kidney abscess), kidney cancer, kidney…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The veteran withdrew his appeal for higher ratings of a psychiatric disability and knee conditions before the Board made a decision.
2025-12-23 · dismissed
- The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
2025-12-23 · dismissed