Robert E. Sullivan
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 493
- Granted
- 124
- Partly granted
- 15
- Other outcomes
- 354
28% 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 veteran's bilateral hearing loss has increased and warrants a 20 percent rating, effective July 18, 2005. The veteran does not have…
2009-03-23 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, finding that it would be mere speculation to attribute…
2009-03-19 · denied
- The February 1996 rating decision that denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative disc disease of L5-S1 was supported by the…
2009-03-18 · denied
- The appeal is remanded to the RO for adjudication of the validity of the overpayment before determining whether a waiver is appropriate.
2009-03-18 · remanded
- The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for postoperative residuals of septorhinoplasty was denied as the evidence did not show a…
2009-03-17 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hallux limitus of both big toes, finding that the current disability…
2009-03-16 · denied
- The Veteran is entitled to reimbursement for the private medical expenses incurred from June 13, 2006 to June 14, 2006 at Hillcrest…
2009-03-16 · granted
- The Board denied the claims for service connection for residuals of septoplasty, a bilateral hip condition, and residuals of a right leg…
2009-03-12 · denied
- The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence to support a…
2009-03-12 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as the…
2009-03-12 · denied
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher…
2009-03-12 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for left knee arthritis, left wrist arthritis, right foot plantar fasciitis, an acquired disability of…
2009-03-11 · denied