R. F. Williams
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,419
- Granted
- 261
- Partly granted
- 38
- Other outcomes
- 1,120
21% 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 grants service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
2009-03-27 · granted
- The case is remanded for additional development of the evidence, including obtaining service treatment records and post-service VA medical…
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded to address the merits of the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for death pension benefits.
2009-03-26 · remanded
- The Board finds that the Veteran's August 1984 letter is a valid Notice of Disagreement to the July 1984 rating decision denying his…
2009-03-24 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for a back disorder and neurological impairment of the right lower extremity, finding no evidence…
2009-03-24 · denied
- The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining updated financial information and ensuring that all…
2009-03-24 · remanded
- The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and current…
2009-03-24 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a cervical spine disability, finding no evidence of a nexus between the…
2009-03-23 · denied
- The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against the Veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis C, as it was…
2009-03-23 · denied
- The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a medical examination to determine the relationship between the Veteran's…
2009-03-23 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded to allow for extra-schedular consideration of the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing…
2009-03-23 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia as there was no medical or psychiatric evidence of the…
2009-03-20 · denied