S. Schick
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 178
- Granted
- 52
- Partly granted
- 14
- Other outcomes
- 112
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 remands the claim for service connection of episodic sinusitis to obtain a TERA-specific medical opinion.
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for an addendum VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was caused or…
2025-12-17 · remanded
- The Board granted a 70 percent rating for persistent dysthymic disorder, denied a compensable rating for non-painful abdomen scars, and…
2025-12-17 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, to include spinal stenosis, resolving all reasonable doubt in the…
2025-12-17 · granted
- The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and left knee strain to obtain additional medical evidence…
2025-12-16 · remanded
- The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, PTSD with TBI, and post-concussive…
2025-12-04 · mixed
- The Board denied an effective date prior to October 15, 2023, for the grant of a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive…
2025-12-04 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for headaches for an adequate VA examination.
2025-12-02 · mixed
- The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an evaluation in excess of 100 percent for service-connected PTSD.
2025-11-25 · dismissed
- The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain but denied higher ratings and service connection for other conditions.
2025-11-25 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new and relevant evidence had been submitted to…
2025-11-21 · granted
- The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent prior to August 20, 2024, and 30…
2025-11-21 · remanded