W. Daknis
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 191
- Granted
- 38
- Partly granted
- 12
- Other outcomes
- 141
26% 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 various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile…
2025-12-31 · denied
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 1, 2020, for a TDIU rating based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The appeal for service connection for a left wrist condition was dismissed due to concurrent election of higher-level review. The claims…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board remands the issue of eligibility to enroll in the VA PCAFC due to an inadequate medical opinion from the Centralized Eligibility…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI, while remanding the claim…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board denied the claims for increased ratings pertaining to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability and associated…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The appeal for a compensable disability rating for pleural calcifications has been withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
2025-12-23 · dismissed
- The Board remands the matter for a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion regarding eligibility for enrollment in the VA…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of a compensable rating for intra-abdominal (internal scarring) adhesions status post cesarean section and…
2025-12-22 · remanded
- The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment…
2025-12-22 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current mental health issues are at…
2025-12-19 · granted
- The Board remands the claim for service connection of bladder cancer to obtain an adequate VA TERA opinion and provide a clarifying…
2025-12-18 · remanded