Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,462 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ C. A. Skow in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,381 | 8.9% |
| Denied | 4,247 | 27.5% |
| Remanded | 7,953 | 51.4% |
| Dismissed | 1,160 | 7.5% |
| Withdrawn | 689 | 4.5% |
| Vacated | 19 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 11 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,445 | 7.5% (109/1,445) | 22.0% (318/1,445) | 61.8% (893/1,445) | 8.7% (125/1,445) |
| Knee | 1,277 | 7.8% (99/1,277) | 22.6% (288/1,277) | 61.0% (779/1,277) | 8.7% (111/1,277) |
| Hearing loss | 858 | 7.8% (67/858) | 36.1% (310/858) | 46.2% (396/858) | 9.9% (85/858) |
| Radiculopathy | 850 | 8.5% (72/850) | 26.7% (227/850) | 52.1% (443/850) | 12.7% (108/850) |
| Ankle and foot | 778 | 9.3% (72/778) | 25.7% (200/778) | 56.9% (443/778) | 8.1% (63/778) |
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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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