Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 15,201 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Derek R. Brown. in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,107 | 10.1% |
| Denied | 11,235 | 36.6% |
| Remanded | 15,001 | 48.9% |
| Dismissed | 1,241 | 4.0% |
| Withdrawn | 26 | 0.1% |
| Vacated | 30 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 6 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 11 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,747 | 11.5% (317/2,747) | 43.1% (1,184/2,747) | 42.7% (1,172/2,747) | 2.7% (74/2,747) |
| Knee | 2,309 | 10.6% (244/2,309) | 43.7% (1,010/2,309) | 43.7% (1,009/2,309) | 2.0% (46/2,309) |
| PTSD | 1,502 | 13.0% (195/1,502) | 18.2% (274/1,502) | 65.7% (987/1,502) | 3.1% (46/1,502) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,498 | 10.3% (154/1,498) | 42.7% (640/1,498) | 42.9% (643/1,498) | 4.1% (61/1,498) |
| Hearing loss | 1,486 | 11.1% (165/1,486) | 53.2% (790/1,486) | 31.5% (468/1,486) | 4.2% (63/1,486) |
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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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