Constance B. Tobias
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 244
- Granted
- 71
- Partly granted
- 3
- Other outcomes
- 170
30% granted or partly granted. Counts describe only decisions visible in our corpus and say nothing about how any individual appeal will be decided — every appeal turns on its own facts and evidence.
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial. Counts are compiled from published Board of Veterans’ Appeals decisions — see how this data is built. If you believe this page misattributes a decision or misstates a record, contact us and we will review and correct it.
Conditions this judge decides most
Recent decisions
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of October 30, 2002 for the grant of service connection for spinal…
2006-12-27 · denied
- The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC, death pension benefits, and accrued benefits as a surviving spouse of the veteran due to…
2006-12-18 · denied
- The VA has determined that the veteran's cervical spine disability, which is currently rated at 30 percent, does not warrant a higher…
2006-12-14 · denied
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased original ratings for residuals, status post scaphocapitate fusion with CTS, left wrist…
2006-12-13 · denied
- The Board has ordered additional development to be completed, including obtaining records from the Social Security Administration and a VA…
2006-12-11 · remanded
- The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that his reported stressor was not verified and thus he did…
2006-12-11 · denied
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding that no…
2006-12-08 · denied
- The Board has denied the veteran's claims for a compensable initial disability rating for traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder and…
2006-12-07 · denied
- The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete medical records, requiring a new evaluation of the veteran's…
2006-12-06 · remanded
- The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for hypertension.…
2006-11-28 · granted
- The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is rated at 50 percent, which meets the criteria for a higher rating than the initial 30…
2006-11-28 · granted
- The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining private medical records from Dr. Donald Tarr.
2006-11-27 · remanded