T. Mainelli
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,836
- Granted
- 464
- Partly granted
- 103
- Other outcomes
- 1,269
31% 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 denied the claim for a rating higher than 10 percent for GERD with nausea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not result in…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral knee disorders due to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability and a left shoulder disability as the evidence did not support…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the appeal to obtain a medical opinion from CEAT regarding the Veteran's eligibility for PCAFC benefits.
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Veteran is granted an effective date of November 13, 2021, for the award of service connection for PTSD.
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and…
2025-12-22 · denied
- The Board granted restoration of the 10 percent disability rating for right and left thigh impairments under DC 5253, effective May 16,…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for eligibility for PCAFC benefits due to a pre-decisional error in the November 2019 decision.
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, left ankle arthritic condition, left knee strain, lumbosacral strain,…
2025-12-19 · remanded
- The appeal challenging attorney C.R.'s eligibility to the direct payment of fees from past due benefits awarded in a June 2024 rating…
2025-12-18 · granted
- The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis as secondary to chronic sinusitis was dismissed due to concurrent appeals being…
2025-12-17 · dismissed