Veterans Law Judge
Judge Romina A. Casadei: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2019 to 2023, Veterans Law Judge Romina A. Casadei signed 592 Board decisions covering 1,094 condition issues. The judge granted 29.5% of those issues, denied 23.8% and remanded 44.1%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 21.6% and remanded 44.1%, so this judge's grant rate is above the Board's and the remand rate is close to it.
Decisions
592
2019–2023
Issues decided
1,094
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
29.5%
Board, same conditions: 21.6%
Issues remanded
44.1%
Board, same conditions: 44.1%
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 | 76 | 22.4% | 17.3% | 52.6% | 51.1% |
| Hearing loss | 68 | 25.0% | 19.5% | 35.3% | 34.6% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 55 | 40.0% | 28.9% | 29.1% | 38.1% |
| Tinnitus | 47 | 46.8% | 39.6% | 25.5% | 22.7% |
| Hypertension | 37 | 32.4% | 17.1% | 43.2% | 48.7% |
| Degenerative arthritis of the spine (spondylosis) | 34 | 20.6% | 20.7% | 55.9% | 46.1% |
| Sleep apnea syndromes (obstructive central mixed) | 32 | 43.8% | 26.2% | 50.0% | 50.3% |
| Shoulder impairment | 28 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 71.4% | 53.0% |
| Diabetes mellitus | 26 | 23.1% | 20.0% | 30.8% | 40.1% |
| Intervertebral disc syndrome | 25 | 44.0% | 18.6% | 20.0% | 48.1% |
| Migraine | 24 | 37.5% | 30.1% | 41.7% | 42.2% |
| Peripheral nerve disorders | 21 | 47.6% | 20.5% | 47.6% | 51.7% |
Judge Romina A. Casadei's decisions by year
| Year | Decisions | Granted | Denied | Remanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 264 | 41.7% | 42.8% | 54.5% |
| 2022 | 321 | 48.9% | 26.2% | 42.1% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge Romina A. Casadei's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established19
- Service connection established11
- In-service noise exposure conceded4
- Private medical opinion found highly probative3
- Caused by the service-connected disability3
- Continuity of symptomatology since service3
- Symptoms approximated 100% rating criteria3
- Occupational and social impairment noted2
Most common reasons in denials
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim21
- Service records negative or silent16
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis10
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service9
- Current diagnosis established7
- Already at the maximum schedular rating6
- No current diagnosis6
- Continuity of symptomatology since service2
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 Romina A. Casadei decisions
Granted
Rating granted by analogy under DC 7120 for varicose veins; Symptoms include swelling, difficulty sleeping, pain radiating to hip; Higher rating not warranted due to lack of persistent edema or atrophy
Appellant submitted incomplete application on August 7, 2017.; Appellant submitted complete application on January 23, 2018.; 38 C.F.R. § 3.155(c) allows preservation of earlier filing date if complete claim submitted within one year of incomplete application.
Veteran's combined rating of 90% meets schedular criteria for TDIU.; Private vocational assessment found Veteran unemployable due to PTSD and neuropathy.; Board found private assessment probative and RO did not refute it.; Benefit of the doubt afforded to Veteran due to approximate balance of evidence.
Denied
No presumptive service connection for hematologic disorder due to herbicide exposure.; VA examiner found no etiology or nexus to herbicide exposure.; Private treatment records lacked necessary nexus opinion.
August 2022 VA examination found symptoms consistent with polyneuropathy, not radiculopathy; Earlier diagnoses of radiculopathy were corrected by examiners; Veteran's symptoms are encompassed within service-connected polyneuropathy
Veteran sought rating in excess of 70% for PTSD.; Board found criteria for excess rating not met.; Claimant abandoned appeal of this issue via JMPR.
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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 (2019–2023) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.