Veterans Law Judge
Judge Mark D. Hindin: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2017 to 2018, Veterans Law Judge Mark D. Hindin signed 720 Board decisions covering 1,359 condition issues. The judge granted 22.1% of those issues, denied 26.4% and remanded 41.6%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 18.9% and remanded 48.4%, so this judge's grant rate is above the Board's and the remand rate is below it.
Decisions
720
2017–2018
Issues decided
1,359
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
22.1%
Board, same conditions: 18.9%
Issues remanded
41.6%
Board, same conditions: 48.4%
Judges do not choose their cases, and grant rates differ a lot by condition. “Board, same conditions” is what the rest of the Board decided for the same mix of conditions, so the comparison is fair to the judge's docket. This is not a ranking.
Conditions this judge decided most
Each row compares the judge's issues on one condition with the rest of the Board's issues on the same condition. Conditions with fewer than 20 of this judge's issues are left out, because a few decisions can swing the rate.
| Condition | Issues | Granted | Board granted | Remanded | Board remanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee impairment | 125 | 18.4% | 17.3% | 49.6% | 51.1% |
| Hearing loss | 83 | 31.3% | 19.5% | 26.5% | 34.6% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 81 | 24.7% | 28.9% | 24.7% | 38.1% |
| Degenerative arthritis of the spine (spondylosis) | 72 | 34.7% | 20.6% | 38.9% | 46.1% |
| Hypertension | 51 | 13.7% | 17.2% | 27.5% | 48.8% |
| Intervertebral disc syndrome | 44 | 38.6% | 18.6% | 29.5% | 48.1% |
| Tinnitus | 42 | 47.6% | 39.6% | 21.4% | 22.8% |
| Peripheral nerve disorders | 34 | 20.6% | 20.5% | 44.1% | 51.7% |
| Shoulder impairment | 31 | 25.8% | 14.3% | 48.4% | 53.0% |
| Hip impairment | 27 | 18.5% | 14.3% | 44.4% | 53.8% |
| Migraine | 24 | 33.3% | 30.1% | 25.0% | 42.2% |
| Diabetes mellitus | 20 | 10.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 40.1% |
| Ankle impairment | 20 | 5.0% | 16.9% | 50.0% | 50.4% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge Mark D. Hindin's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established26
- Continuity of symptomatology since service14
- Service connection established4
- Already at the maximum schedular rating3
- Caused by the service-connected disability3
- New and material evidence submitted after prior denial2
- Competent and credible lay evidence of in-service noise exposure2
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim2
Most common reasons in denials
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim20
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service20
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis18
- No current diagnosis15
- Continuity of symptomatology since service7
- Service records negative or silent7
- Already at the maximum schedular rating3
- Current diagnosis established3
Numbers are decisions that gave the reason. Reasons are short phrases extracted by AI from each decision; common wordings of the same reason are grouped. Benefit of the doubt is reported above.
Recent Judge Mark D. Hindin decisions
Granted
New and material evidence submitted after June 1999 rating decision; Veteran competent and credible to report in-service noise exposure; VA treatment provider opinion linked hearing loss to in-service acoustic trauma
New and material evidence (December 2017 VA opinion) sufficient to reopen claim.; Previous VA opinions found inadequate due to reliance on absence of in-service complaints and failure to consider Veteran's testimony.; Competing medical opinions in equipoise, resolved in Veteran's favor.
Evidence in equipoise regarding secondary nexus; October 2011 VA exam linked depression to chronic knee pain; Benefit of the doubt applied
Denied
No clear nexus between current spinal conditions and in-service TBI.; No continuity of symptomatology for neck/back pain since service.; Separation examination showed normal spine evaluation.
Existing schedular rating criteria contemplate functional impairment.; Veteran's reported difficulties are reflected in current rating schedule.; No exceptional or unusual disability picture presented.
Claim abandoned due to failure to respond to VA requests for evidence; VA fulfilled duty to assist; Effective date cannot be earlier than reopened claim date
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How these numbers are calculated
- Issue rates count each condition the Board decided in a decision once, by the outcome of that issue. A decision can grant one issue and deny another.
- The yearly table counts decisions: a decision with a granted issue and a denied issue appears in both columns, so a row can add up to more than 100%.
- "Board, same conditions" weights the rest of the Board's grant and remand rate for each condition by how many of this judge's issues were on that condition. It does not adjust for evidence, hearing type or representation.
- Judges are identified from the signature on each decision. This page is a statistical summary, not an evaluation of any judge.
- The data comes from CaseScribe's AI extraction of public BVA decisions (2017–2018) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.