Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 7,121 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ C. Trueba in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,440 | 15.2% |
| Denied | 5,530 | 34.3% |
| Remanded | 7,300 | 45.3% |
| Dismissed | 792 | 4.9% |
| Withdrawn | 31 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 10 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,592 | 15.6% (249/1,592) | 35.0% (557/1,592) | 45.9% (730/1,592) | 3.5% (56/1,592) |
| Knee | 1,292 | 13.6% (176/1,292) | 36.9% (477/1,292) | 46.6% (602/1,292) | 2.9% (37/1,292) |
| Hearing loss | 1,000 | 14.6% (146/1,000) | 44.0% (440/1,000) | 37.0% (370/1,000) | 4.4% (44/1,000) |
| Ankle and foot | 767 | 13.7% (105/767) | 36.8% (282/767) | 45.4% (348/767) | 4.2% (32/767) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 699 | 24.3% (170/699) | 28.8% (201/699) | 43.5% (304/699) | 3.4% (24/699) |
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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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