Tiffany Dawson
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Decision record in our visible corpus
- Decisions
- 998
- Granted
- 244
- Partly granted
- 158
- Other outcomes
- 596
40% 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 entitlement to additional Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits for the purchase and installation of an…
2025-12-30 · granted
- The appeal for service connection for kidney disease, mass on kidney, and thyroidectomy was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney…
2025-12-30 · dismissed
- The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as separate ratings of 10 to 20…
2025-12-30 · mixed
- The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 8, 2019 for the award of a 20 percent disability rating for left knee scars.
2025-12-30 · granted
- The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, as well as higher levels of special monthly…
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior…
2025-12-29 · remanded
- The Board denied a disability rating higher than 20 percent for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss based on the audiometric test results.
2025-12-29 · denied
- The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, mood…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion from the CEAT regarding eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of…
2025-12-23 · remanded
- The Board granted service connection for a left foot disability, to include degenerative changes and tendinopathy, as secondary to the…
2025-12-23 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, assigned a 20% rating for right knee strain with limitation…
2025-12-23 · mixed
- The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, right hip degenerative joint disease and…
2025-12-19 · denied