Thomas L. English
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 931
- Granted
- 258
- Partly granted
- 132
- Other outcomes
- 541
42% 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 service connection for COPD, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's respiratory…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for sleep disturbances, to include obstructive sleep apnea, as secondary to an anxiety disorder. The…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hip and knee disabilities, as well as a TDIU claim, to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for right upper extremity radiculopathy and 40 percent for left upper extremity…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted the appeal seeking to establish that the bilateral factor was not correctly applied in calculating the Veteran's…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a mental health condition and denied service connection for an eye condition.…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted an increased 40 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected back condition from June 19, 2024, and denied service…
2025-12-29 · mixed
- The Board remands the claim for a left hip disorder to be further developed, including an examination.
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The appeal regarding entitlement to a compensable rating for hemorrhoids was withdrawn by the Veteran.
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 20, 1997, for the award of service connection for PTSD with unspecified depressive…
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for asthma from August 23, 2021 to May 14, 2022.
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board granted an initial 70 percent evaluation for the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with adjustment disorder, as the…
2025-12-23 · granted