Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,527 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ DelYvonne M. Whitehead in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,288 | 18.7% |
| Denied | 4,082 | 23.2% |
| Remanded | 8,698 | 49.5% |
| Dismissed | 1,119 | 6.4% |
| Withdrawn | 343 | 2.0% |
| Vacated | 20 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 5 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 24 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 1,447 | 14.0% (202/1,447) | 25.1% (363/1,447) | 54.9% (794/1,447) | 6.1% (88/1,447) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,386 | 17.6% (244/1,386) | 20.9% (289/1,386) | 54.0% (749/1,386) | 7.5% (104/1,386) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,137 | 20.7% (235/1,137) | 25.5% (290/1,137) | 44.9% (510/1,137) | 9.0% (102/1,137) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,031 | 16.4% (169/1,031) | 23.2% (239/1,031) | 52.5% (541/1,031) | 8.0% (82/1,031) |
| Hearing loss | 895 | 15.5% (139/895) | 32.8% (294/895) | 43.1% (386/895) | 8.5% (76/895) |
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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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