Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 314 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Carole R. Kammel in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 123 | 13.1% |
| Denied | 435 | 46.4% |
| Remanded | 360 | 38.4% |
| Dismissed | 15 | 1.6% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.3% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 81 | 4.9% (4/81) | 56.8% (46/81) | 37.0% (30/81) | 1.2% (1/81) |
| Knee | 79 | 15.2% (12/79) | 49.4% (39/79) | 35.4% (28/79) | 0.0% (0/79) |
| Radiculopathy | 73 | 12.3% (9/73) | 71.2% (52/73) | 16.4% (12/73) | 0.0% (0/73) |
| Hearing loss | 46 | 10.9% (5/46) | 56.5% (26/46) | 28.3% (13/46) | 4.3% (2/46) |
| Ankle and foot | 41 | 9.8% (4/41) | 51.2% (21/41) | 39.0% (16/41) | 0.0% (0/41) |
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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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