Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 10,374 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ C. Crawford in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,965 | 15.7% |
| Denied | 8,041 | 31.9% |
| Remanded | 11,133 | 44.2% |
| Dismissed | 1,698 | 6.7% |
| Withdrawn | 356 | 1.4% |
| Vacated | 12 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 5 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,474 | 15.5% (384/2,474) | 31.4% (777/2,474) | 46.5% (1,151/2,474) | 6.5% (162/2,474) |
| Knee | 2,085 | 14.1% (294/2,085) | 30.2% (630/2,085) | 48.7% (1,016/2,085) | 7.0% (145/2,085) |
| Hearing loss | 1,363 | 13.7% (187/1,363) | 44.8% (610/1,363) | 34.4% (469/1,363) | 7.1% (97/1,363) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,337 | 14.6% (195/1,337) | 32.1% (429/1,337) | 44.4% (594/1,337) | 8.9% (119/1,337) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,159 | 23.0% (266/1,159) | 27.3% (316/1,159) | 39.4% (457/1,159) | 10.4% (120/1,159) |
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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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