Stephen Hoopengardner
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
27 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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Conditions this judge decides most
Recent decisions
- The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent prior to February 8, 2020 and a disability…
2020-11-18 · denied
- The Board has determined that the removal of the Veteran's dependent spouse from his VA compensation benefits, effective August 1, 2009,…
2020-10-26 · denied
- The Board has determined that the Veteran's COPD is related to his active service and grants entitlement to service connection for COPD.
2020-10-26 · granted
- The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a TBI, but the Veteran's PTSD claim is inextricably intertwined with this…
2020-10-26 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hip disability, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus…
2020-10-23 · denied
- The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and remanded the issues of increased rating for hearing loss disability, service…
2020-10-21 · granted
- The Veteran's low back disability was restored to a 40 percent rating effective August 18, 2015. The right upper extremity radiculopathy…
2020-10-21 · granted
- The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error in obtaining an adequate medical opinion regarding secondary service…
2020-10-20 · remanded
- The Board has determined that the Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder is related to his active service,…
2020-10-16 · granted
- The Board has granted service connection for a dry eye condition of the left eye and remanded the gastrointestinal disability claim due to…
2020-10-15 · granted
- The Board has remanded four issues for further development: restoration of a 100 percent rating for service-connected bronchial asthma,…
2019-12-04 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination and opinion regarding whether the bilateral aneurysms of the…
2019-11-29 · remanded