Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 4,906 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ J. W. Francis in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,780 | 13.6% |
| Denied | 5,511 | 42.1% |
| Remanded | 5,019 | 38.4% |
| Dismissed | 694 | 5.3% |
| Withdrawn | 52 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 20 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,320 | 10.2% (135/1,320) | 42.3% (558/1,320) | 43.7% (577/1,320) | 3.8% (50/1,320) |
| Knee | 1,122 | 11.9% (133/1,122) | 38.5% (432/1,122) | 44.6% (500/1,122) | 5.1% (57/1,122) |
| Hearing loss | 726 | 13.4% (97/726) | 47.4% (344/726) | 32.8% (238/726) | 6.5% (47/726) |
| Ankle and foot | 705 | 11.1% (78/705) | 40.4% (285/705) | 42.6% (300/705) | 6.0% (42/705) |
| Radiculopathy | 673 | 16.9% (114/673) | 41.8% (281/673) | 36.4% (245/673) | 4.9% (33/673) |
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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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