Nathaniel J. Doan
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,429
- Granted
- 338
- Partly granted
- 75
- Other outcomes
- 1,016
29% 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 migraine headaches with an initial rating of 50 percent effective from August 10, 2022, and…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for bilateral combined cataracts and left ear hearing loss.
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Veteran's COPD precluded him from obtaining and maintaining substantial gainful employment, warranting a Total Disability Rating Based…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied the claims for service connection for a facial injury, head injury, and left thumb injury as there was no evidence of…
2025-12-22 · denied
- The claim for service connection for bilateral hand and finger disability, other than soft tissue swelling of the right ring finger, was…
2025-12-19 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for right and left hip bursitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes cavus,…
2025-12-18 · mixed
- The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, while the appeals for right shoulder and right knee disabilities are dismissed.
2025-12-17 · mixed
- The Veteran's service connection for chronic headaches was granted, while claims for bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, a…
2025-12-17 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and chronic fatigue syndrome, but granted separate initial 10 percent…
2025-12-16 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and remanded claims for a disability manifested by shortness of…
2025-12-12 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for GERD and an initial compensable rating for migraine headaches as the evidence did not support a…
2025-12-12 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, right fifth metacarpal disability, and chronic…
2025-12-12 · denied