Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,185 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Caroline B. Fleming in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,554 | 21.5% |
| Denied | 5,572 | 33.7% |
| Remanded | 5,936 | 35.9% |
| Dismissed | 1,350 | 8.2% |
| Withdrawn | 102 | 0.6% |
| Vacated | 32 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 4 | 0.0% |
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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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