Paul Sorisio
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 1,960
- Granted
- 543
- Partly granted
- 164
- Other outcomes
- 1,253
36% 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 right hip injury, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred in or aggravated by active…
2025-12-31 · granted
- The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, a total rating based on individual…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted initial ratings of 40 percent for lumbar spine disorder, 70 percent for major depressive disorder, and 40 percent for…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and remanded the issues of a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and entitlement to…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 2, 2023, for the grant of service connection for various conditions and eligibility to…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back pain, knee and wrist joint pains,…
2025-12-30 · remanded
- The Board denied a disability rating greater than 10 percent for tinnitus and a rating greater than 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, but…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 1,…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied an increased rating of more than 20 percent for left ankle degenerative arthritis from February 19, 2024.
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy secondary to the veteran's service-connected…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The appeals for increased disability ratings for the large abdominal hernia and surgical thoracic / abdominal scar have been abandoned and…
2025-12-29 · dismissed
- The appeal for caregiver eligibility-PCAFC was withdrawn by the appellant.
2025-12-29 · dismissed