Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 9,077 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ J. W. Zissimos in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,048 | 9.7% |
| Denied | 4,186 | 19.9% |
| Remanded | 13,231 | 62.8% |
| Dismissed | 1,583 | 7.5% |
| Vacated | 12 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 7 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,030 | 6.4% (130/2,030) | 15.8% (320/2,030) | 74.0% (1,502/2,030) | 3.8% (78/2,030) |
| Knee | 1,965 | 8.2% (161/1,965) | 19.4% (382/1,965) | 68.7% (1,349/1,965) | 3.7% (73/1,965) |
| Hearing loss | 1,201 | 8.6% (103/1,201) | 32.5% (390/1,201) | 53.7% (645/1,201) | 5.2% (63/1,201) |
| PTSD | 1,119 | 11.1% (124/1,119) | 13.9% (156/1,119) | 70.4% (788/1,119) | 4.6% (51/1,119) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,071 | 8.4% (90/1,071) | 20.6% (221/1,071) | 67.4% (722/1,071) | 3.5% (38/1,071) |
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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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