Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 5,201 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ J. T. Hutcheson in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,283 | 18.0% |
| Denied | 1,379 | 10.9% |
| Remanded | 7,748 | 61.0% |
| Dismissed | 1,260 | 9.9% |
| Withdrawn | 24 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 7 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 988 | 15.6% (154/988) | 6.1% (60/988) | 70.0% (692/988) | 8.3% (82/988) |
| Knee | 897 | 13.4% (120/897) | 6.9% (62/897) | 72.2% (648/897) | 7.5% (67/897) |
| Radiculopathy | 872 | 12.2% (106/872) | 14.3% (125/872) | 63.8% (556/872) | 9.7% (85/872) |
| Ankle and foot | 692 | 10.8% (75/692) | 9.1% (63/692) | 68.6% (475/692) | 11.4% (79/692) |
| Hearing loss | 566 | 10.1% (57/566) | 28.1% (159/566) | 53.9% (305/566) | 8.0% (45/566) |
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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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