Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 2,982 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Ardie A. Bland in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,107 | 23.6% |
| Denied | 2,444 | 27.4% |
| Remanded | 3,637 | 40.8% |
| Dismissed | 607 | 6.8% |
| Withdrawn | 118 | 1.3% |
| Vacated | 5 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 6 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 763 | 21.5% (164/763) | 22.8% (174/763) | 48.2% (368/763) | 7.5% (57/763) |
| Knee | 759 | 22.9% (174/759) | 25.0% (190/759) | 44.9% (341/759) | 7.1% (54/759) |
| Ankle and foot | 550 | 15.1% (83/550) | 31.1% (171/550) | 47.3% (260/550) | 6.5% (36/550) |
| Radiculopathy | 522 | 24.5% (128/522) | 28.2% (147/522) | 43.1% (225/522) | 4.2% (22/522) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 429 | 36.1% (155/429) | 22.4% (96/429) | 31.9% (137/429) | 9.6% (41/429) |
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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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