M.E. Larkin
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,084
- Granted
- 333
- Partly granted
- 83
- Other outcomes
- 1,668
20% 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 veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for a right shoulder disability, and the Board dismissed the claim.
2025-04-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hip and back condition, as well as the TDIU claim, due to inadequate…
2025-04-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression, based on evidence supporting…
2025-04-29 · granted
- The Veteran's motion to reverse the September 2014 RO rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD, on the grounds of clear and…
2025-04-29 · dismissed
- The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful…
2025-04-28 · denied
- The appeal was remanded for additional medical opinions on the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability and the etiology of his back…
2025-04-28 · remanded
- The Veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for her neck disability beginning April 27, 2018, and had some issues denied or remanded.
2025-04-28 · mixed
- The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to July 27, 2015, for the award of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death…
2025-04-28 · dismissed
- The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's left knee conditions and granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the left knee,…
2025-04-25 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to ensure an adequate medical opinion is obtained,…
2025-04-25 · remanded
- The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on March 4, 2020, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.
2025-04-25 · dismissed
- The Board granted a 50 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the left knee with limitation of extension beginning November 16,…
2025-04-24 · mixed