Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 1,329 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ A. Dean in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 659 | 26.6% |
| Denied | 785 | 31.7% |
| Remanded | 870 | 35.2% |
| Dismissed | 140 | 5.7% |
| Withdrawn | 17 | 0.7% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 196 | 26.0% (51/196) | 29.1% (57/196) | 40.3% (79/196) | 4.6% (9/196) |
| PTSD | 182 | 27.5% (50/182) | 33.5% (61/182) | 31.3% (57/182) | 7.7% (14/182) |
| Hearing loss | 171 | 24.6% (42/171) | 45.6% (78/171) | 25.7% (44/171) | 4.1% (7/171) |
| Knee | 154 | 13.6% (21/154) | 33.8% (52/154) | 46.8% (72/154) | 5.8% (9/154) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 142 | 28.9% (41/142) | 23.2% (33/142) | 41.5% (59/142) | 6.3% (9/142) |
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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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