Veterans Law Judge
Judge Roya Bahrami: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2021 to 2022, Veterans Law Judge Roya Bahrami signed 206 Board decisions covering 438 condition issues. The judge granted 17.6% of those issues, denied 27.6% and remanded 54.1%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 19.6% and remanded 47.5%, so this judge's grant rate is close to the Board's and the remand rate is above it.
Decisions
206
2021–2022
Issues decided
438
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
17.6%
Board, same conditions: 19.6%
Issues remanded
54.1%
Board, same conditions: 47.5%
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 | 54 | 22.2% | 17.3% | 51.9% | 51.1% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 23 | 30.4% | 28.9% | 34.8% | 38.1% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge Roya Bahrami's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established4
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim2
- Service connection established2
- Caused by the service-connected disability2
Most common reasons in denials
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim18
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service5
- No current diagnosis5
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis4
- Service records negative or silent4
- Caused by the service-connected disability2
- Criteria for earlier effective date not met1
- Congenital defect not a disease/injury for VA purposes1
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 Roya Bahrami decisions
Granted
Veteran meets schedular criteria for TDIU from March 6, 2015.; Combined disabilities, education, training, and employment history preclude substantially gainful employment.; Private vocational assessment supports unemployability.
Symptoms align with 70% rating criteria; Depressed mood, anxiety, sleep impairment, difficulty adapting; Passive thoughts of death noted; Resolved doubt in veteran's favor for 70% rating
Private medical opinion found causal connection between OSA and PTSD.; VA examination found OSA unrelated to PTSD but was deemed inadequate.; Board found private opinion competent, credible, and probative.
Denied
No credible evidence of in-service injury to left foot/ankle.; Inconsistent and not credible accounts of injury.; Service treatment records silent for left foot/ankle complaints.; VA medical opinions found no link to service or service-connected right foot/ankle disabilities.
Preponderance of evidence weighs against higher rating.; Scars not consistently painful or unstable.; No evidence of underlying soft tissue damage or functional impairment.
No current disability meeting VA criteria for hearing loss.; Service treatment records and VA examinations showed normal hearing.; VA examiner opined condition less likely than not related to service.
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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 (2021–2022) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.