Michael Martin
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,188
- Granted
- 350
- Partly granted
- 150
- Other outcomes
- 1,688
23% 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 granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for a cervical spine…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted a disability rating of 10 percent from November 22, 2024 for the service-connected hypertension.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied increased ratings for hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes mellitus; granted service connection for erectile…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism secondary to in-service toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) based on the Veteran's…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for narcolepsy due to seemingly contradictory…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board dismissed the claim for compensation for right Achilles tendon rupture, also claimed as problems to the right leg, hip and…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for left and right carpal tunnel, pain of the right wrist and hand, carpal tunnel syndrome of the…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as there was no current diagnosis of IBS in…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain and sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence in the negative…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, to include atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and coronary artery disease…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a need for additional development, including obtaining…
2025-12-23 · remanded