Rebecca N. Poulson
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 926
- Granted
- 171
- Partly granted
- 130
- Other outcomes
- 625
33% 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 service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence,…
2025-12-31 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements…
2025-12-31 · remanded
- The appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance was dismissed as it has already been…
2025-12-31 · dismissed
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for psoriasis and a higher initial disability rating.
2025-12-30 · denied
- The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board granted an effective date of May 16, 2022, but not earlier, for the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his bilateral knee disabilities due to a need for an additional VA…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating due to additional evidence received after the last SOC…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's GERD, finding that his condition is productive of daily medications to control…
2025-12-29 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disability and a lumbar spine disability due to inadequate medical…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for hypertension, as there was no evidence of…
2025-12-29 · denied