Veterans Law Judge
Judge R. Erdheim: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2020 to 2022, Veterans Law Judge R. Erdheim signed 267 Board decisions covering 558 condition issues. The judge granted 18.1% of those issues, denied 44.4% and remanded 36.2%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 20.4% and remanded 46.7%, so this judge's grant rate is below the Board's and the remand rate is below it.
Decisions
267
2020–2022
Issues decided
558
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
18.1%
Board, same conditions: 20.4%
Issues remanded
36.2%
Board, same conditions: 46.7%
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 | 56 | 14.3% | 17.3% | 46.4% | 51.1% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 30 | 30.0% | 28.9% | 30.0% | 38.1% |
| Degenerative arthritis of the spine (spondylosis) | 27 | 7.4% | 20.7% | 40.7% | 46.1% |
| Hearing loss | 23 | 17.4% | 19.5% | 8.7% | 34.6% |
Judge R. Erdheim's decisions by year
| Year | Decisions | Granted | Denied | Remanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | 38.6% | 68.4% | 49.1% |
| 2021 | 132 | 29.5% | 62.1% | 45.5% |
| 2022 | 78 | 29.5% | 46.2% | 50.0% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge R. Erdheim's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established7
- Occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas3
- Service connection established2
Most common reasons in denials
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim21
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis14
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service11
- No current diagnosis11
- Service records negative or silent5
- Current diagnosis established5
- No continuity of symptomatology3
- Veteran's symptoms did not meet criteria for 100% rating2
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 R. Erdheim decisions
Granted
Veteran's testimony of onset during service; Corroborated by service treatment records showing hearing loss; Resolved doubt in veteran's favor
New and relevant evidence (private medical opinion) warranted readjudication.; Conceded herbicide exposure during Vietnam service.; Evidence in equipoise between VA opinion (aging process) and private opinion (Agent Orange link).; Benefit of the doubt resolved in Veteran's favor.
Medical evidence establishes current psychiatric disability (PTSD, insomnia).; Lay evidence of MST credible and supported by service medical records (STD testing).; Positive VA nexus opinions link condition to service.
Denied
Symptoms did not meet criteria for 100% rating.; Symptoms more closely approximated 70% rating criteria.; No indication of daily severe symptoms or inability to function.
Claim for CUE denied; Examiner reviewed and noted cardiac ablation in examination report; Disagreement over evidence evaluation does not meet CUE standard
Symptoms did not meet criteria for greater impairment; VA examiner found symptoms transient/mild; No indication of symptoms of similar frequency/severity for higher rating
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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 (2020–2022) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.