Michael A. Pappas
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,858
- Granted
- 342
- Partly granted
- 101
- Other outcomes
- 1,415
24% 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's award of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from April 15, 2017, solely based…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The appeal is remanded to obtain documentation regarding the Veteran's incarceration status and residential arrangements.
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining retrospective addendum opinions as to the severity of the…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, finding that the Veteran's current degenerative arthritis of the…
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as the earliest effective date…
2025-12-18 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that…
2025-12-18 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for hearing loss disability, neck strain, and tinea pedis. The Veteran's claim for an increased…
2025-12-17 · denied
- The Board denied the appeal to revise the July 1994 rating decision that denied service connection for incontinence and a bladder…
2025-12-17 · denied
- The appeal is remanded to the AOJ for a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for…
2025-12-17 · remanded
- The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for OSA and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee patellofemoral…
2025-12-17 · mixed
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea and back disability, preclude his ability to secure and…
2025-12-16 · granted