Stephen L. Higgs
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
11 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 finds that the veteran's arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a congenital defect and pre-existed his active service, but there…
2009-01-09 · granted
- The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. §…
2008-05-22 · remanded
- The appeal is remanded to consider the veteran's efforts prior to June 15, 2001, for service connection of PTSD and the provisions of…
2008-05-16 · remanded
- The veteran's currently diagnosed dental disorder, manifested by the loss of all teeth, is not considered disabling for VA compensation…
2008-05-15 · denied
- The veteran's low back strain is rated at 20 percent prior to August 23, 2005 and at 40 percent from that date forward. His neck strain…
2006-08-18 · granted
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, finding that the veteran's first claim was…
2006-07-12 · denied
- The Board found that the veteran's service-connected shrapnel wound to the left calf warrants a 10 percent evaluation, and also granted a…
2006-06-02 · granted
- The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and notice requirements consistent with the Veterans Claims Assistance…
2006-05-26 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the veteran's claim of service connection for traumatic arthritis of the knees due to insufficient evidence and…
2006-05-12 · remanded
- The Board has granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for the veteran's iliopsoas syndrome of the left hip, effective August 19, 2000.
2006-04-24 · granted
- The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer, post gastrectomy syndrome, which is…
2006-01-24 · granted