Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,850 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Emily Tamlyn in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,998 | 18.5% |
| Denied | 3,319 | 30.8% |
| Remanded | 4,007 | 37.2% |
| Dismissed | 1,307 | 12.1% |
| Withdrawn | 146 | 1.4% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 914 | 17.3% (158/914) | 28.7% (262/914) | 42.8% (391/914) | 11.3% (103/914) |
| Knee | 891 | 19.0% (169/891) | 27.6% (246/891) | 41.4% (369/891) | 12.0% (107/891) |
| Radiculopathy | 659 | 18.4% (121/659) | 37.3% (246/659) | 34.9% (230/659) | 9.4% (62/659) |
| Ankle and foot | 628 | 15.1% (95/628) | 27.2% (171/628) | 45.7% (287/628) | 11.9% (75/628) |
| PTSD | 501 | 24.4% (122/501) | 33.1% (166/501) | 30.7% (154/501) | 11.8% (59/501) |
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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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