Paulette Vance Burton
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 833
- Granted
- 143
- Partly granted
- 131
- Other outcomes
- 559
33% 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 a 20 percent disability rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy from April 3, 2023 onward, but denied…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's back injury, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, with…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a compensable rating for headaches, not otherwise specified, due to an inadequate VA…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it is, as likely as not, due to in-service stressors…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted an effective date of August 29, 2012, for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance but denied earlier…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis, left shoulder strain, lumbosacral strain, and radiculopathy of…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic sinusitis, left shoulder strain, lumbosacral strain, and radiculopathy of…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
2025-12-29 · remanded