Nathaniel Doan
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 703
- Granted
- 212
- Partly granted
- 120
- Other outcomes
- 371
47% 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 right ear hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on a finding of…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's service.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal regarding the proposed reduction of the Veteran's disability rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity was dismissed…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is etiologically related to…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, type II diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both lower…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 4,…
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new VA examination with adequate etiological opinions.
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his sleep apnea…
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Board granted an effective date of July 23, 2015, for the award of service connection for PTSD and a 70 percent initial rating.
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent disability rating effective February 11, 2023.
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to a need for further evidence.
2025-12-18 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for left and right knee disabilities as the evidence did not support a diagnosis of these conditions…
2025-12-18 · denied