Veterans Law Judge
Judge T. Sherrard: BVA decisions and outcomes
From 2020 to 2025, Veterans Law Judge T. Sherrard signed 272 Board decisions covering 678 condition issues. The judge granted 14.5% of those issues, denied 36.3% and remanded 46.8%. For the same mix of conditions, the rest of the Board granted 19.8% and remanded 46.6%, so this judge's grant rate is below the Board's and the remand rate is close to it.
Decisions
272
2020–2025
Issues decided
678
One issue per condition per decision
Issues granted
14.5%
Board, same conditions: 19.8%
Issues remanded
46.8%
Board, same conditions: 46.6%
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 | 42 | 4.8% | 17.3% | 38.1% | 51.1% |
| Hearing loss | 34 | 8.8% | 19.5% | 32.4% | 34.6% |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 32 | 31.3% | 28.9% | 34.4% | 38.1% |
| Hip impairment | 26 | 0.0% | 14.4% | 38.5% | 53.8% |
| Degenerative arthritis of the spine (spondylosis) | 24 | 12.5% | 20.7% | 45.8% | 46.1% |
| Ankle impairment | 23 | 13.0% | 16.9% | 60.9% | 50.4% |
| Intervertebral disc syndrome | 22 | 18.2% | 18.7% | 31.8% | 48.0% |
| Tinnitus | 20 | 25.0% | 39.6% | 50.0% | 22.7% |
Judge T. Sherrard's decisions by year
| Year | Decisions | Granted | Denied | Remanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 135 | 34.8% | 50.4% | 54.1% |
| 2021 | 34 | 23.5% | 50.0% | 61.8% |
| 2022 | 96 | 32.3% | 45.8% | 54.2% |
Why the Board granted or denied issues in Judge T. Sherrard's decisions
Most common reasons in grants
- Current diagnosis established7
- Presumed exposure to herbicide agents2
- Aggravated by the service-connected disability2
- Continuity of symptomatology since service2
Most common reasons in denials
- No in-service complaints, treatment or diagnosis14
- Preponderance of the evidence against the claim12
- VA examiner: less likely than not related to service8
- No current diagnosis8
- Current diagnosis established5
- Already at the maximum schedular rating3
- No continuity of symptomatology3
- Service records negative or silent3
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 T. Sherrard decisions
Granted
Met criteria for 40% rating; Claudication on walking 25-100 yards; Trophic changes and diminished pulses
Veteran served in the Air Force from Nov 1966 to Mar 1971.; Veteran asserts herbicide exposure at Eglin AFB and Clark Field.; RO conceded herbicide exposure and applicability of 38 C.F.R. § 3.307 presumptions.; RO conceded current diagnosis of prostate cancer.
March 2017 VA examination and Dr. W.A. opinion supported 70% rating; Veteran's symptoms approximated 70% criteria throughout appeal period; Symptoms did not meet criteria for 100% rating
Denied
No current hearing loss disability for VA purposes; Objective testing inconsistent with conceded noise exposure; Persuasive evidence against claim
No medical opinion found linking current disability to service; Veteran's statements regarding in-service injury were inconsistent; Evidence persuasively weighs against service connection
Veteran did not respond to requests for VA Form 21-2680; Evidence did not persuasively establish need for aid and attendance
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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 (2020–2025) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.