Michael Donohue
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
10 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 denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the issues related to hypertension, aortic insufficiency and…
2025-06-25 · remanded
- The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction and acute congestive heart…
2019-07-11 · granted
- The Veteran's anxiety disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board found that his symptoms did not more closely approximate a…
2019-07-02 · denied
- The Veteran's claim for service connection for ischemic heart disease and coronary artery disease was reopened due to new evidence. The…
2019-06-21 · granted
- The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for PTSD was denied as the earliest possible effective date is March 4, 2017.
2019-06-21 · denied
- The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, osteoarthritis of the…
2019-06-20 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence…
2019-06-20 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for service-connected bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to incomplete audiometric…
2019-06-18 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for AL amyloidosis and anemia, finding that the evidence did not support a current disability…
2019-06-18 · denied
- The Veteran withdrew their appeal, so the Board is dismissing all issues related to increased rating for a lumbar spine disability and…
2019-06-14 · dismissed