S. Kim
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 133
- Granted
- 39
- Partly granted
- 10
- Other outcomes
- 84
37% 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 an effective date of July 23, 2018, for a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's cervical strain, IBS, and headaches.
2025-12-17 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension, service connection for sleep apnea as secondary…
2025-12-09 · denied
- The Board granted a 10 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and denied a compensable rating for left shoulder scars, while…
2025-12-03 · mixed
- The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for his pseudofolliculitis barbae disorder, finding that the evidence…
2025-11-10 · denied
- The Board remands the service connection claim for diabetes mellitus, type II due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
2025-10-30 · remanded
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and non-compensable ratings for his left and right shoulder injuries, as well…
2025-10-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of hypertension secondary to a service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety…
2025-10-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned a separate 10 percent rating from November 27, 2023, for the left shoulder…
2025-10-28 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating for glomerulonephritis with nephrolithiasis due to insufficient evidence regarding…
2025-10-06 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and left ear hearing loss, but denied it for right ear hearing loss.
2025-10-01 · mixed
- The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left foot pes planus and a compensable rating for the left foot scar but granted a…
2025-07-03 · mixed
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded a claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
2025-06-24 · denied