Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 144 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Ashley Castillo in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 88 | 21.5% |
| Denied | 108 | 26.3% |
| Remanded | 201 | 49.0% |
| Dismissed | 11 | 2.7% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.2% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 51 | 35.3% (18/51) | 15.7% (8/51) | 45.1% (23/51) | 3.9% (2/51) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 39 | 12.8% (5/39) | 20.5% (8/39) | 66.7% (26/39) | 0.0% (0/39) |
| Hearing loss | 23 | 39.1% (9/23) | 30.4% (7/23) | 26.1% (6/23) | 4.3% (1/23) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 21 | 4.8% (1/21) | 38.1% (8/21) | 57.1% (12/21) | 0.0% (0/21) |
| PTSD | 19 | 26.3% (5/19) | 21.1% (4/19) | 47.4% (9/19) | 5.3% (1/19) |
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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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