Richard B. Frank
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 127
- Granted
- 32
- Partly granted
- 0
- Other outcomes
- 95
25% 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 the appellant's claim for apportionment of the veteran's compensation benefits on behalf of his minor children,…
2005-01-21 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for primary sclerosing cholangitis, which he claimed was secondary to radiation…
2004-01-27 · denied
- The Board determined that the veteran's service-connected imbalance with nonlocalizing nystagmus warranted a 10 percent disability…
2004-01-05 · denied
- The Board found the veteran's claims for service connection of PTSD to be denied due to a lack of credible evidence supporting his claimed…
2003-06-02 · denied
- The veteran's anxiety disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, is currently evaluated at a 30 percent rating. The Board finds…
2003-05-13 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The…
2003-04-29 · denied
- The Board found that the veteran's multiple sclerosis was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim for service…
2003-04-16 · denied
- The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected epilepsy, currently evaluated at 20 percent.
2003-04-15 · denied
- The veteran's claimed conditions of night sweats, body odor, headaches, and sleeplessness were not incurred or aggravated by his military…
2003-04-04 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and gout, and an increased rating for sinusitis.
2003-04-03 · denied
- The Board found that the appellant has been diagnosed to have lipomas of the breast and stomach, as well as plantar fibromatosis, tinea…
2003-04-03 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been…
2003-04-01 · denied