Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 124 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ A. Shawkey in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 53 | 18.4% |
| Denied | 120 | 41.7% |
| Remanded | 104 | 36.1% |
| Dismissed | 7 | 2.4% |
| Withdrawn | 3 | 1.0% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.3% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 30 | 10.0% (3/30) | 50.0% (15/30) | 40.0% (12/30) | 0.0% (0/30) |
| Ankle and foot | 26 | 11.5% (3/26) | 61.5% (16/26) | 26.9% (7/26) | 0.0% (0/26) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 19 | 21.1% (4/19) | 31.6% (6/19) | 42.1% (8/19) | 5.3% (1/19) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 16 | 31.2% (5/16) | 37.5% (6/16) | 25.0% (4/16) | 6.2% (1/16) |
| PTSD | 14 | 0.0% (0/14) | 28.6% (4/14) | 50.0% (7/14) | 21.4% (3/14) |
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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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