Shaun S. Speranza
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 831
- Granted
- 237
- Partly granted
- 160
- Other outcomes
- 434
48% 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 a 10 percent rating for the posterior trunk scar and a 20 percent rating for the anterior trunk scars, but denied…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable evaluation of service-connected COPD to ensure a proper medical examination is…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, including as secondary to tinnitus, due to pre-decisional…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted a 30 percent initial evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected feet condition, effective from December 2022.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant during its pendency.
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board granted restoration of a 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease (CAD) effective June 1, 2021, and increased ratings for…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder to obtain an addendum…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Veteran's right and left foot injuries were rated at 10 percent prior to December 16, 2015, but a higher rating of 20 percent was…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and headaches disability (sinus headaches) due to an in-service head injury.
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and denied or remanded the other issues on appeal.
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Veteran's in-service misconduct charge.
2025-12-22 · granted