Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 8,514 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ G. A. Wasik in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,773 | 16.8% |
| Denied | 6,111 | 27.3% |
| Remanded | 10,731 | 47.9% |
| Dismissed | 1,511 | 6.7% |
| Withdrawn | 234 | 1.0% |
| Vacated | 37 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,906 | 16.8% (321/1,906) | 25.1% (478/1,906) | 52.4% (999/1,906) | 5.7% (108/1,906) |
| Knee | 1,850 | 17.2% (319/1,850) | 25.7% (476/1,850) | 52.1% (963/1,850) | 5.0% (92/1,850) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,355 | 15.1% (205/1,355) | 27.6% (374/1,355) | 51.7% (700/1,355) | 5.6% (76/1,355) |
| Hearing loss | 1,187 | 14.3% (170/1,187) | 36.0% (427/1,187) | 43.9% (521/1,187) | 5.8% (69/1,187) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,104 | 26.2% (289/1,104) | 32.1% (354/1,104) | 35.1% (387/1,104) | 6.7% (74/1,104) |
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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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