Scott W. Dale
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 399
- Granted
- 118
- Partly granted
- 44
- Other outcomes
- 237
41% 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 issues of increased rating for bilateral hearing loss and earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits are remanded to correct a…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Veteran was granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD effective December 2, 2021, but the claim for an increased rating…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder, effective January 20, 2018, and the claim for a rating…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a left and right foot disability, as there is an incomplete medical…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Veteran was granted an 80 percent rating for hypertensive renal disease, a TDIU based on the single service-connected disability, SMC…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits, service connection for ED as secondary to a depressive disorder, and…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a left wrist disorder to obtain an addendum opinion, as the previous opinions were based on inaccurate…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no link to…
2025-12-18 · denied
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for GERD due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and the need for an…
2025-12-12 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for a 40 percent disability rating for digestive disability and a 20…
2025-12-11 · denied
- The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a left and right hip disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.
2025-12-11 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
2025-12-10 · remanded