Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 13,989 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Jonathan B. Kramer in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 7,428 | 21.8% |
| Denied | 16,321 | 47.8% |
| Remanded | 7,519 | 22.0% |
| Dismissed | 2,471 | 7.2% |
| Withdrawn | 336 | 1.0% |
| Vacated | 42 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 3,356 | 22.4% (751/3,356) | 51.2% (1,719/3,356) | 21.5% (723/3,356) | 4.9% (163/3,356) |
| Knee | 3,025 | 22.9% (694/3,025) | 51.9% (1,571/3,025) | 20.4% (616/3,025) | 4.8% (144/3,025) |
| Hearing loss | 1,831 | 21.7% (398/1,831) | 54.3% (994/1,831) | 17.0% (312/1,831) | 6.9% (127/1,831) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,829 | 20.2% (370/1,829) | 52.1% (953/1,829) | 20.3% (372/1,829) | 7.3% (134/1,829) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,649 | 28.7% (474/1,649) | 43.7% (720/1,649) | 20.7% (341/1,649) | 6.9% (114/1,649) |
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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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