Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 325 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ James Springer in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 160 | 16.1% |
| Denied | 347 | 34.9% |
| Remanded | 468 | 47.1% |
| Dismissed | 12 | 1.2% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 0.5% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 97 | 16.5% (16/97) | 37.1% (36/97) | 41.2% (40/97) | 5.2% (5/97) |
| Knee | 79 | 13.9% (11/79) | 21.5% (17/79) | 64.6% (51/79) | 0.0% (0/79) |
| Radiculopathy | 67 | 22.4% (15/67) | 34.3% (23/67) | 34.3% (23/67) | 9.0% (6/67) |
| Ankle and foot | 55 | 14.5% (8/55) | 25.5% (14/55) | 60.0% (33/55) | 0.0% (0/55) |
| Hearing loss | 47 | 10.6% (5/47) | 44.7% (21/47) | 44.7% (21/47) | 0.0% (0/47) |
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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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