M. H. Hawley
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,104
- Granted
- 299
- Partly granted
- 13
- Other outcomes
- 792
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 has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric condition, diagnosed as Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance of Mood…
2021-11-03 · granted
- The Veteran's claim for higher initial ratings for DJD of the right knee, instability, and chondromalacia with a meniscal tear is granted.…
2020-12-31 · granted
- The Board has determined that the Veteran's Obstructive Sleep Apnea had its onset during active duty service and grants the claim for…
2020-12-30 · granted
- The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's heart disorder, specifically…
2020-12-30 · remanded
- The Veteran's chronic skin disability, diagnosed as chronic urticaria, is found to be related to his active military service. Service…
2020-12-29 · granted
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension and a skin disability due to inadequate addendum VA medical opinions. The…
2020-12-29 · remanded
- The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic cervical spine and headache disabilities, finding that there…
2020-12-28 · denied
- The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have any of the claimed conditions for VA purposes and therefore, service connection is…
2020-12-28 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to his right foot, finding that there was no…
2020-12-28 · denied
- The Board has decided that the records for the claims of VA reimbursement for medical care are missing and must be reconstructed and…
2020-12-23 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for his bilateral weak feet, additional ratings or service connection for…
2020-12-23 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and extraschedular consideration for his service-connected left wrist disability is remanded due…
2020-12-22 · remanded