Ryan T. Kessel
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,199
- Granted
- 451
- Partly granted
- 98
- Other outcomes
- 1,650
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 claims for service connection for hearing loss and a left knee condition were dismissed due to an untimely notice of disagreement…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The appeal for discharge from VA's PCAFC program was dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for Legacy participants.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for congestive heart failure with implanted pacemaker, bradycardia, valvular heart disease, and…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 21, 2022 for the award of service connection for left knee strain and denied a…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tension and migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
2025-12-29 · granted
- The appeal for service connection for hypertension and sleep apnea was dismissed due to an invalid concurrent election of review options.
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and denied service connection for left foot tendonitis. The Veteran's…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Veteran withdrew the appeal in September 2025, stating that she is now 100% permanently and totally disabled effective April 29, 2025.
2025-12-23 · dismissed
- The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and foraminal stenosis…
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board dismissed the appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability…
2025-12-23 · remanded