Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,240 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ George E. Guido Jr. in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,388 | 10.3% |
| Denied | 5,555 | 41.3% |
| Remanded | 6,164 | 45.8% |
| Dismissed | 348 | 2.6% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.0% |
| Vacated | 9 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,398 | 10.3% (144/1,398) | 45.4% (634/1,398) | 41.1% (575/1,398) | 3.2% (45/1,398) |
| Knee | 1,038 | 13.6% (141/1,038) | 45.5% (472/1,038) | 38.7% (402/1,038) | 2.2% (23/1,038) |
| PTSD | 828 | 12.8% (106/828) | 36.0% (298/828) | 48.4% (401/828) | 2.8% (23/828) |
| Hearing loss | 744 | 11.0% (82/744) | 45.6% (339/744) | 41.0% (305/744) | 2.4% (18/744) |
| Ankle and foot | 680 | 12.8% (87/680) | 47.4% (322/680) | 37.8% (257/680) | 2.1% (14/680) |
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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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