Raymond F. Ferner
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 141
- Granted
- 17
- Partly granted
- 11
- Other outcomes
- 113
20% 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 case was remanded for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and adjudicating the claim for…
2009-03-27 · remanded
- The Board dismissed the appeal as new and material evidence was not presented to reopen the claim for revocation of forfeiture of the…
2009-03-25 · dismissed
- The appellant was not recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse for VA benefit purposes due to a legal impediment that prevented her…
2009-03-24 · denied
- The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is in relative equipoise with…
2009-03-24 · granted
- The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, as there was no…
2009-03-20 · denied
- The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine and residuals of a retinal detachment of…
2009-03-20 · denied
- The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension, but denied service connection for…
2009-03-19 · mixed
- The Veteran's below the right knee amputation is granted as it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes…
2009-03-19 · granted
- The Veteran's upper back strain has been granted a 40 percent evaluation, while the other two conditions have not met the criteria for…
2009-03-12 · mixed
- The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing…
2009-03-12 · denied
- The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of increased evaluation for PTSD was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.…
2009-03-11 · dismissed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for numbness of the left middle, ring, and little fingers…
2009-03-10 · denied