Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,401 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Bradley W. Hennings in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,610 | 30.7% |
| Denied | 1,383 | 16.3% |
| Remanded | 4,124 | 48.6% |
| Dismissed | 370 | 4.4% |
| Vacated | 4 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 665 | 36.8% (245/665) | 17.4% (116/665) | 41.4% (275/665) | 4.4% (29/665) |
| Knee | 618 | 36.6% (226/618) | 17.6% (109/618) | 41.7% (258/618) | 4.0% (25/618) |
| Hearing loss | 450 | 31.8% (143/450) | 23.3% (105/450) | 39.8% (179/450) | 5.1% (23/450) |
| Ankle and foot | 389 | 33.2% (129/389) | 19.8% (77/389) | 44.0% (171/389) | 3.1% (12/389) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 371 | 52.0% (193/371) | 14.3% (53/371) | 28.0% (104/371) | 5.7% (21/371) |
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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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