Lesley A. Rein
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,240
- Granted
- 445
- Partly granted
- 174
- Other outcomes
- 1,621
28% 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 claims for an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) and a total disability…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including an ink/clothing allergy, ACL tears, hip and rib cage conditions, a…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied the claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss, service connection for a right ear…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to a…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for a back disability and a neck disability, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, as the evidence did not…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for atrial fibrillation and denied an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension. The…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for hearing loss but granted an initial 60 percent rating for diabetes nephropathy and denied an…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and a neck disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board granted a 20 percent rating for thoracic strain with osteophytic spurring from January 15, 2020, but denied ratings greater than…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for Crohn's disease to correct duty to assist errors.
2025-12-22 · remanded