Thomas H. O'Shay
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 2,050
- Granted
- 353
- Partly granted
- 113
- Other outcomes
- 1,584
23% 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 remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion regarding its etiology, specifically…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for a new medical determination to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder, to include gastritis and leiomyoma of the stomach but other than IBS…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and sleep apnea to obtain a TERA opinion due to the Veteran's…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to the need for a more comprehensive medical…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for migraines, finding no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The appeal for a temporary total evaluation because of hospital treatment in excess of 21 days for service-connected posttraumatic stress…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety,…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disability, including bronchitis and COPD, as there was no…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a right thigh disability, finding that a 10…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The appeal was granted for the severance of service connection for hypertension and entitlement to service connection for a heart…
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for right foot and ankle disorders, granted service connection for chronic kidney disease stage 3 as…
2025-12-19 · mixed