Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,675 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ David Gratz in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,203 | 20.7% |
| Denied | 2,328 | 21.9% |
| Remanded | 4,920 | 46.3% |
| Dismissed | 1,032 | 9.7% |
| Withdrawn | 132 | 1.2% |
| Vacated | 15 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 4 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 929 | 15.8% (147/929) | 22.8% (212/929) | 51.8% (481/929) | 9.6% (89/929) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 913 | 18.6% (170/913) | 20.0% (183/913) | 52.7% (481/913) | 8.7% (79/913) |
| Radiculopathy | 641 | 23.4% (150/641) | 20.4% (131/641) | 45.9% (294/641) | 10.3% (66/641) |
| Ankle and foot | 606 | 14.5% (88/606) | 18.6% (113/606) | 52.1% (316/606) | 14.7% (89/606) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 511 | 32.1% (164/511) | 18.6% (95/511) | 39.7% (203/511) | 9.6% (49/511) |
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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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