M. Hyland
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,863
- Granted
- 357
- Partly granted
- 124
- Other outcomes
- 1,382
26% 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 granted an effective date of October 20, 2023 for a 70 percent rating for service-connected PTSD.
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to an inadequate medical opinion.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for panic disorder, OSA, and hypertension as secondary to a service-connected condition. The claim…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bronchial asthma, bilateral knee strain, and lumbosacral strain due to a…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the issue of eligibility for enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) post-expansion Program of…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for an inguinal hernia and remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, a skin…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for an eyes/vision disability, including as secondary to service-connected type II diabetes (DM), for a more…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The appeal for service connection for hypothyroidism and migraines was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal. The…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The appeal of the denial of service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed as it is duplicative of an appeal under a different docket.
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Veteran's service connection for right ankle range-of-motion loss, secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain status post…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type II, left eye diabetic retinopathy, left foot…
2025-12-23 · granted