M.A. Herman
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
20 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 Board has reopened the claims for service connection for a low back disability and right shoulder disability, but denied the claim for…
2008-04-25 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for a deviated septum, residuals of a head injury (including headaches), psychiatric disability,…
2008-04-18 · mixed
- The VA denied the veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of his service-connected status post transverse spinous process fracture,…
2006-12-08 · denied
- The VA determined that the veteran's spondylolisthesis L5-S1 did not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, as it did not meet the…
2006-12-07 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right ankle fracture and right shoulder acromioclavicular joint…
2006-12-07 · denied
- The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's torn medial meniscus of the left knee, finding that it was incurred in active…
2006-12-07 · granted
- The veteran's claims for increased ratings and initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent were denied. The Board found that the evidence…
2006-11-09 · denied
- The veteran's claims for service connection for hand and finger injuries, nasal fracture and laceration of the right eye orbit and lip…
2006-09-11 · denied
- The Board found no evidence that the veteran's tongue cancer was caused by service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied the…
2006-09-11 · denied
- The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence…
2006-09-11 · denied
- The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially related to his service-connected disabilities, and denied all…
2006-09-11 · denied
- The veteran's PTSD is manifested by deficiencies in family relations, mood, and thought processes, frequent flashbacks, nightmares, and…
2006-08-17 · granted