Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 19,292 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ H. N. Schwartz in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 6,859 | 16.6% |
| Denied | 16,483 | 40.0% |
| Remanded | 16,003 | 38.8% |
| Dismissed | 1,729 | 4.2% |
| Withdrawn | 91 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 41 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 4,041 | 19.3% (780/4,041) | 40.2% (1,625/4,041) | 37.3% (1,507/4,041) | 3.2% (129/4,041) |
| Knee | 3,177 | 21.2% (673/3,177) | 40.6% (1,290/3,177) | 35.6% (1,132/3,177) | 2.6% (82/3,177) |
| Hearing loss | 2,129 | 17.9% (382/2,129) | 52.2% (1,111/2,129) | 25.5% (543/2,129) | 4.4% (93/2,129) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,887 | 18.3% (345/1,887) | 41.3% (779/1,887) | 35.7% (673/1,887) | 4.8% (90/1,887) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,876 | 21.9% (410/1,876) | 35.8% (672/1,876) | 38.3% (719/1,876) | 4.0% (75/1,876) |
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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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