Melanie J. Mann
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 916
- Granted
- 228
- Partly granted
- 141
- Other outcomes
- 547
40% 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 remands the matter of a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA educational benefits due to insufficient evidence regarding…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and GERD as there is no evidence of current disabilities at any time during…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, unspecified headaches, and obstructive sleep apnea as directly…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal was dismissed due to a procedural error in the filing of the Notice of Disagreement.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board granted an effective date of March 20, 2017, for service connection for a bladder disability, obstructive sleep apnea,…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board remands the Veteran's claim for eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC)…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of the Veteran's service-connected right hip conditions to obtain a retrospective…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence regarding its etiology and a…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for dermatochalasis, meibomian gland dysfunction, and blepharitis. The claims for lumbosacral strain,…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches as of March 5, 2025, but denied an initial rating in excess of…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip strain and right and left knee strain due to inadequate medical…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis of the left foot and remanded claims for a bilateral foot disorder, cervical…
2025-12-19 · mixed