Stephen L. Wilkins
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,599
- Granted
- 538
- Partly granted
- 51
- Other outcomes
- 1,010
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 granted service connection for hypertension and reopened the claim of service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the right…
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, finding no evidence of a causal link to the Veteran's period of active…
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Veteran was granted initial ratings of 20 percent and 30 percent for cervical spine arthritis, effective December 28, 2005 and August…
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including the increased levels of depression and anxiety and the gastrointestinal…
2009-03-27 · granted
- The Board denied an increased, initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the service-connected left wrist fracture residuals.
2009-03-27 · denied
- The Veteran was granted a 10 percent rating for the service-connected residual scar of the left knee, status post left knee arthroplasty.…
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The Veteran's right and left foot disorders are not related to his military service, but PTSD is related to verified in-service stressors.
2009-03-27 · mixed
- The Veteran's right shoulder disability, characterized as postoperative residuals of impingement syndrome and degenerative changes, is due…
2009-03-27 · granted
- The Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was granted an initial rating of 30 percent, effective from the date…
2009-03-26 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, a sinus disorder, an eye disorder…
2009-03-25 · denied
- The appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and a VA examination.
2009-03-25 · remanded
- The appeal is being remanded to the RO for a comprehensive VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's…
2009-03-25 · remanded