Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 959 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ J. Saikh in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 429 | 20.0% |
| Denied | 483 | 22.6% |
| Remanded | 991 | 46.3% |
| Dismissed | 227 | 10.6% |
| Withdrawn | 10 | 0.5% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 196 | 16.8% (33/196) | 27.0% (53/196) | 48.5% (95/196) | 7.7% (15/196) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 183 | 16.4% (30/183) | 14.2% (26/183) | 58.5% (107/183) | 10.9% (20/183) |
| PTSD | 145 | 29.7% (43/145) | 31.7% (46/145) | 30.3% (44/145) | 8.3% (12/145) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 129 | 28.7% (37/129) | 20.9% (27/129) | 39.5% (51/129) | 10.9% (14/129) |
| Ankle and foot | 128 | 17.2% (22/128) | 10.2% (13/128) | 56.2% (72/128) | 16.4% (21/128) |
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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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