Nathan Kroes
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 882
- Granted
- 141
- Partly granted
- 13
- Other outcomes
- 728
17% 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 service-connected back and leg pain prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to…
2020-12-31 · remanded
- The Board has determined that the Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus are not service-connected, but granted service connection for…
2020-12-31 · granted
- The Board has determined that the Veteran's May 2017 substantive appeal was not timely filed, and thus, the appeals for earlier effective…
2020-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied the claim for DIC based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death, finding that there was no evidence to…
2020-12-30 · denied
- The Veteran's claims for service connection for an unspecified depressive disorder and a TBI disability rating are being remanded due to…
2020-12-30 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim to reopen their PTSD service connection was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
2020-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's current cervical spine disability is…
2020-12-30 · remanded
- The Board has granted service connection for major depressive disorder caused by service-connected disabilities, including left knee…
2020-12-29 · granted
- The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as it is caused by his service-connected PTSD.,The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is denied because…
2020-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied the claim for an effective date prior to August 26, 2008 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual…
2020-12-23 · denied
- The Board has ordered a remand to determine if the Veteran's current right knee disability is related to an in-service injury or disease,…
2020-12-23 · remanded
- The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss has been dismissed due to his death.
2020-12-22 · dismissed