Mike Sobiecki
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 134
- Granted
- 36
- Partly granted
- 15
- Other outcomes
- 83
38% 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 sinusitis and increased the ratings for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with IVDS,…
2025-06-30 · granted
- The Board denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) prior to…
2025-06-27 · denied
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability, right lower extremity neurological disability, and left…
2025-06-16 · remanded
- The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for mild bladder incontinence and an initial compensable rating for bradycardia.
2025-06-16 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability, obstructive sleep apnea secondary to allergic rhinitis, and irritable…
2025-06-16 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for an unspecified depressive disorder, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.…
2025-06-06 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the November 2023 TERA opinions are…
2025-06-04 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder and a traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on…
2025-06-04 · granted
- The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's major depressive disorder is caused or…
2025-05-16 · remanded
- The Board granted an effective date of May 26, 2020, for the award of service connection for PTSD but denied a higher initial rating for…
2025-04-22 · mixed
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and facial scars to correct pre-decisional duty to assist…
2025-04-14 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, amphetamine use disorder, and opiod use…
2025-04-10 · mixed