William Yates
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 112
- Granted
- 17
- Partly granted
- 8
- Other outcomes
- 87
22% 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 fractures of the wrists and ankles, a foot disorder, hypertension,…
2020-01-14 · denied
- The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy is rated at 40 percent prior to May 15, 2017, and a higher rating is denied since that…
2020-01-09 · granted
- The Veteran's claim for service connection for left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome has been reopened due to the submission of new and…
2020-01-09 · granted
- The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea has been granted as new and material evidence was received.,The Veteran's claim…
2020-01-09 · granted
- The Veteran's lumbar spine disability was denied a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to September 27, 2019.,Effective since September…
2020-01-09 · denied
- The Veteran's initial claim for an increased rating of 30% for adjustment disorder has been granted, and a TDIU rating has also been…
2020-01-06 · granted
- The Board has determined that additional examinations and evaluations are needed to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD,…
2019-12-20 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to the need for additional development, including new examinations and etiology opinions.
2019-12-20 · remanded
- The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for hypertension and sleep apnea due to insufficient medical opinions…
2019-12-20 · remanded
- The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinea pedis and a skin disability (including basal cell carcinoma and…
2019-12-19 · denied
- The Veteran's notice of disagreement (NOD) for the evaluation assigned for service-connected TMJ was timely received, and the Board has…
2019-12-19 · remanded
- The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent from February 7, 2007 to October 5, 2013. The claim for SMC on the basis of being housebound…
2019-12-19 · granted