Michael Kilcoyne
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 145
- Granted
- 35
- Partly granted
- 2
- Other outcomes
- 108
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 has remanded the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his spine disability due to outstanding VA treatment…
2023-01-05 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability and remanded the issue of an increased rating for…
2023-01-04 · denied
- The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of right shoulder disability, right shoulder muscle injury, bilateral…
2023-01-03 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type…
2022-01-13 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the claims for hepatitis C and PTSD due to potential unassociated VA treatment records that may contain relevant…
2022-01-06 · remanded
- The Veteran's appeal for service connection on the merits is remanded for additional development, including obtaining his complete STRs…
2022-01-05 · remanded
- The Board has decided that the Veteran's tinnitus, glioblastoma, and cause of death due to glioblastoma are granted. The claim for service…
2021-10-07 · remanded
- The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the Board found no evidence linking his disabilities to military…
2021-10-05 · denied
- The appeal is dismissed because the Veteran died, making the apportionment issue moot.
2021-10-05 · dismissed
- The Board has granted service connection for right and left leg peripheral artery disease, finding that the current disability is related…
2021-10-04 · granted
- The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's malignant skin neoplasms were incurred…
2021-10-04 · granted
- The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals after September 1, 2012 did not require the use of an appliance or the wearing of absorbent…
2020-12-29 · denied