Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 9,757 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ A. Bryant in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,099 | 16.5% |
| Denied | 7,648 | 40.8% |
| Remanded | 7,546 | 40.3% |
| Dismissed | 411 | 2.2% |
| Vacated | 21 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,962 | 19.6% (384/1,962) | 39.2% (770/1,962) | 39.9% (783/1,962) | 1.3% (25/1,962) |
| Knee | 1,400 | 15.9% (223/1,400) | 45.2% (633/1,400) | 37.7% (528/1,400) | 1.1% (16/1,400) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 966 | 25.7% (248/966) | 37.3% (360/966) | 35.7% (345/966) | 1.3% (13/966) |
| Ankle and foot | 960 | 18.2% (175/960) | 41.4% (397/960) | 38.4% (369/960) | 2.0% (19/960) |
| Hearing loss | 883 | 13.9% (123/883) | 54.9% (485/883) | 29.2% (258/883) | 1.9% (17/883) |
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Docket mix drives outcome rates: judges deciding more increased-rating appeals (where partial grants are common) will look different from judges deciding more service-connection appeals. Compare a judge against the Board-wide issue-level baseline before reading anything into a single rate.
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