Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 8,607 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Barry F. Bohan in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,042 | 12.5% |
| Denied | 8,125 | 49.9% |
| Remanded | 5,687 | 34.9% |
| Dismissed | 424 | 2.6% |
| Vacated | 14 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,731 | 13.0% (225/1,731) | 48.4% (838/1,731) | 37.0% (640/1,731) | 1.6% (28/1,731) |
| Knee | 1,222 | 15.1% (185/1,222) | 50.1% (612/1,222) | 33.3% (407/1,222) | 1.5% (18/1,222) |
| Ankle and foot | 837 | 12.9% (108/837) | 53.0% (444/837) | 32.9% (275/837) | 1.2% (10/837) |
| Hearing loss | 808 | 9.9% (80/808) | 63.6% (514/808) | 25.5% (206/808) | 1.0% (8/808) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 746 | 18.6% (139/746) | 44.5% (332/746) | 34.0% (254/746) | 2.8% (21/746) |
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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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