Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,335 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Danette Mincey in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,769 | 18.3% |
| Denied | 3,310 | 34.3% |
| Remanded | 3,664 | 37.9% |
| Dismissed | 828 | 8.6% |
| Withdrawn | 55 | 0.6% |
| Vacated | 21 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 8 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 6 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 783 | 14.9% (117/783) | 34.5% (270/783) | 44.1% (345/783) | 6.5% (51/783) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 780 | 16.3% (127/780) | 31.9% (249/780) | 44.1% (344/780) | 7.7% (60/780) |
| Radiculopathy | 564 | 15.6% (88/564) | 45.6% (257/564) | 32.8% (185/564) | 6.0% (34/564) |
| Ankle and foot | 563 | 13.1% (74/563) | 32.3% (182/563) | 45.3% (255/563) | 9.2% (52/563) |
| PTSD | 443 | 26.9% (119/443) | 34.3% (152/443) | 30.5% (135/443) | 8.4% (37/443) |
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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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