M. Donohue
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,762
- Granted
- 305
- Partly granted
- 115
- Other outcomes
- 1,342
24% 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 the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his death was due to willful misconduct resulting from…
2025-12-31 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches to correct a pre-decisional…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The appeal for service connection for chronic kidney disease was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Notice of Disagreement…
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD, as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to a…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder in sustained remission, denied service…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those associated…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease due…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae as the Veteran's condition did not meet the…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, finding that the evidence of record does not support a link between…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for a skin condition, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current…
2025-12-23 · denied