Laura E. Collins
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 715
- Granted
- 193
- Partly granted
- 117
- Other outcomes
- 405
43% 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 granted service connection for chronic headaches, CFS, dermatosis, bilateral RLS, a lumbar spine disability, and sleep apnea but…
2025-12-31 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease/parkinsonism, a gastrointestinal disorder, a speech disorder,…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board denied service connection for skin cancer and a disorder manifested by urinary frequency, finding no evidence of current…
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease, finding the evidence to be in approximate balance…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during or is otherwise…
2025-12-23 · denied
- The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and remanded the issue of service connection for stage 2 chronic kidney disease.
2025-12-22 · mixed
- The veteran withdrew all pending appeals on April 28, 2025.
2025-12-22 · dismissed
- The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
2025-12-19 · dismissed
- The appeal for increased ratings for PTSD, supraventricular tachycardia, and bilateral hearing loss was withdrawn by the Veteran through…
2025-12-19 · dismissed
- The Veteran was granted a 40 percent rating for his back disability from September 14, 2017 to February 24, 2020 and a 20 percent rating…
2025-12-18 · mixed
- The Board granted service connection for a neck disability, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the…
2025-12-17 · granted