Veterans Law Judge
Judge Paula B. Mccarron: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2022 to 2025, Veterans Law Judge Paula B. Mccarron signed 1,874 Board decisions covering 3,452 condition issues. The judge granted 21.3% of those issues, denied 32.6% and remanded 44.5%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 20.8% and remanded 45.8%, so this judge's grant rate is close to the Board's and the remand rate is close to it.
Decisions
1,874
2022–2025
Issues decided
3,452
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
21.3%
Board, same conditions: 20.8%
Issues remanded
44.5%
Board, same conditions: 45.8%
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 | 207 | 25.6% | 17.3% | 40.1% | 51.1% |
| Hearing loss | 197 | 20.3% | 19.5% | 34.0% | 34.6% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 167 | 27.5% | 28.9% | 37.1% | 38.1% |
| Tinnitus | 165 | 32.1% | 39.6% | 23.6% | 22.7% |
| Sleep apnea syndromes (obstructive central mixed) | 153 | 25.5% | 26.2% | 61.4% | 50.3% |
| Degenerative arthritis of the spine (spondylosis) | 105 | 20.0% | 20.7% | 41.0% | 46.1% |
| Intervertebral disc syndrome | 89 | 20.2% | 18.6% | 56.2% | 48.0% |
| Hypertension | 89 | 29.2% | 17.1% | 38.2% | 48.8% |
| Hip impairment | 84 | 8.3% | 14.4% | 47.6% | 53.8% |
| Migraine | 75 | 20.0% | 30.2% | 50.7% | 42.2% |
| Shoulder impairment | 62 | 16.1% | 14.3% | 40.3% | 53.1% |
| Ankle impairment | 52 | 11.5% | 16.9% | 48.1% | 50.4% |
| Diabetes mellitus | 50 | 26.0% | 19.9% | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | 46 | 21.7% | 19.3% | 50.0% | 52.9% |
| Paralysis of sciatic nerve or external popliteal nerve | 41 | 19.5% | 22.0% | 39.0% | 49.6% |
Judge Paula B. Mccarron's decisions by year
| Year | Decisions | Granted | Denied | Remanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 382 | 40.8% | 39.8% | 37.7% |
| 2023 | 579 | 32.1% | 36.3% | 54.6% |
| 2024 | 728 | 30.4% | 38.0% | 49.2% |
| 2025 | 185 | 35.7% | 29.2% | 52.4% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge Paula B. Mccarron's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established56
- Caused by the service-connected disability17
- Service connection established14
- In-service noise exposure conceded12
- Conceded agent orange exposure9
- Service records negative or silent7
- Benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine applied6
- Pact act grant6
Most common reasons in denials
- No current diagnosis68
- Service records negative or silent34
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service31
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis21
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim21
- Current diagnosis established18
- Evidence persuasively weighs against service connection12
- Evidence persuasively weighs against the claim8
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 Paula B. Mccarron decisions
Granted
Confirmed diagnosis of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss; MOS indicates high probability of hazardous noise exposure; October 2023 VA opinion found persuasive, supporting service connection
Evidence evenly balanced regarding NSAID use and kidney cancer; May 2022 physician opinion found more probative; Resolved doubt in favor of Veteran
Obstructive sleep apnea granted as secondary to service-connected lumbosacral spine disability; Obesity considered intermediate step; Benefit of the doubt afforded to Veteran
Denied
Evidence weighs against service connection; No relation to service or aggravation by service-connected disability; Obesity not considered intermediate step for hypertension
Allergic rhinitis symptoms of nasal discharge and congestion do not meet criteria for compensable rating under DC 6522.; Veteran does not exhibit greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side.; Veteran does not have nasal polyps or granulomatous conditions.
Veteran's reports of symptoms afforded significant probative weight.; Symptoms did not more nearly approximate chronic gastritis with small nodular lesions and symptoms.; Symptoms not consistently chronic; no medical evidence of nodular lesions.
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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 (2022–2025) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.