T. Stephen Eckerman
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
51 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 claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, finding that there is no evidence to support a…
2020-12-28 · denied
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent prior to December 2, 2016, and in excess of 40 percent…
2020-12-28 · remanded
- The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate hearing testimony regarding potential service connection for obstructive sleep…
2019-03-06 · remanded
- The veteran does not have osteoarthritis or peripheral vascular disease as the result of disease or injury that was incurred during his…
2009-02-24 · denied
- The Board denied service connection for decreased vision in the right eye and denied higher initial ratings for postoperative residuals of…
2009-01-30 · denied
- The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the July 14, 1988, rating decision that denied service connection for retinitis…
2008-04-02 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for post-operative residuals of a pilonidal cyst and…
2006-11-17 · denied
- The Board found that the veteran's cervical spine, diabetes mellitus, lumbar spine, stomach, hemorrhoids, and hypertension conditions were…
2006-11-17 · denied
- The veteran's claimed conditions were not incurred or aggravated by military service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred…
2006-11-16 · denied
- The veteran's service-connected degenerative disc changes of the lumbosacral spine are currently rated at 40 percent, and the Board finds…
2006-11-15 · denied
- The veteran's right shoulder separation was initially rated as noncompensable prior to July 31, 2004. As of that date, the RO granted a 40…
2006-11-15 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for secondary service connection for pulmonary embolism and increased ratings for left knee…
2006-11-14 · denied