Timothy J. Cothrel
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals
11 visible decisions so far — outcome figures appear once a judge’s record reaches 100 visible decisions, because a rate over a small number reads as more meaningful than it is.
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 hypertension, diabetes, and gout, finding that these conditions are caused or aggravated by the…
2025-07-08 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and migraines, finding that both conditions had their onset during the…
2025-06-30 · granted
- The Board granted service connection for right and left thumb conditions, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities manifested to a…
2025-04-22 · granted
- The Board denied service connection for cervical spine stenosis, status post-discectomy and thoracic spondylosis with ankylosing…
2025-03-25 · denied
- The veteran is granted a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 12, 2022.
2025-03-17 · granted
- The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of August 9, 1982, for the award of SMC based on loss of use of the bilateral lower…
2025-02-04 · granted
- The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed…
2025-02-04 · mixed
- The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with opioid dependency, and effective dates of…
2025-02-03 · granted
- The veteran's rating for OCD, including panic disorder, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, is increased to 70 percent. The Board…
2025-01-23 · mixed
- The veteran's increased rating for GERD with hiatal hernia was granted from September 1, 2020. The decision is based on the evidence…
2025-01-17 · granted
- The veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability was dismissed because the condition was already granted. The…
2025-01-17 · mixed