M. Kilcoyne
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
31 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 remanded the claims for service connection for left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, sinusitis, and headaches…
2023-01-05 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for coronary artery disease and hypertension, both secondary to posttraumatic…
2023-01-03 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The remaining issues of service connection for low back disability, bilateral…
2022-01-12 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for Diabetes Mellitus type II due to herbicide exposure, but denied service connection for a…
2021-10-05 · granted
- The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the rate specified under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(1), due to his service-connected…
2020-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected tarsal tunnel syndrome and arthritis, finding that…
2020-12-22 · denied
- The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of issues related to service connection for bilateral hip…
2020-11-23 · remanded
- The Veteran's service connection claims for dry eye syndrome and sinusitis are granted. The claim for residual nephrolithiasis with…
2020-11-12 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for apportionment of his VA disability compensation benefits, finding that it would cause undue…
2020-11-09 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia because new evidence did not show a link between…
2020-10-28 · denied
- The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if poor dentition related to service-connected recurrent fibroma has…
2020-10-27 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for gastrointestinal disorders, including GERD and IBS, finding no medical evidence linking the…
2020-10-26 · denied