Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,728 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Evan M. Deichert in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,457 | 14.5% |
| Denied | 4,676 | 27.6% |
| Remanded | 7,259 | 42.8% |
| Dismissed | 2,511 | 14.8% |
| Withdrawn | 34 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 23 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 8 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 1,496 | 11.8% (176/1,496) | 33.2% (497/1,496) | 47.8% (715/1,496) | 7.2% (108/1,496) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,421 | 11.5% (163/1,421) | 29.8% (424/1,421) | 50.7% (721/1,421) | 8.0% (113/1,421) |
| Ankle and foot | 975 | 10.5% (102/975) | 29.9% (292/975) | 52.0% (507/975) | 7.6% (74/975) |
| Radiculopathy | 866 | 14.9% (129/866) | 33.8% (293/866) | 40.2% (348/866) | 11.1% (96/866) |
| Hearing loss | 846 | 16.8% (142/846) | 36.8% (311/846) | 37.7% (319/846) | 8.7% (74/846) |
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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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