Bruce Edward Kasold (born April 26, 1951) was appointed as a Judge to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President George W. Bush in December 2003. He served as the Chief Judge of the Court from August 2010 to August 2015. Judge Kasold is a graduate of Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School in Riverhead, New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1973, and his J.D. from the University of Florida Law School in 1979. Judge Kasold also earned an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 and an LL.M. equivalent from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 1984.