Mariah N. Sim
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 281
- Granted
- 41
- Partly granted
- 48
- Other outcomes
- 192
32% 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 appeal for earlier effective dates for awards of service connection for erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation based on…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's liver, lung, brain, and bone cancers in relation…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that new and relevant evidence had been submitted to support the claim.
2025-12-16 · granted
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 14, 2021, for the award of service connection for hypertension and chronic kidney…
2025-12-08 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include insomnia, and remanded the claims for bilateral…
2025-12-02 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer due to insufficient evidence regarding the…
2025-11-21 · remanded
- The Board remands the issue of eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to a…
2025-11-20 · remanded
- The Board denied service connection for hypertension and brain bleed/stroke as the evidence did not support a finding that these…
2025-11-19 · denied
- The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher…
2025-11-13 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for a left knee condition and increased ratings for left hip trochanteric bursitis due to inadequate VA…
2025-11-13 · remanded
- The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities beginning August 14,…
2025-11-10 · mixed
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 14, 2009, for the award of service connection for PTSD but denied a claim to…
2025-11-10 · mixed