Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 161 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Julie C. Unger in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 67 | 13.0% |
| Denied | 191 | 36.9% |
| Remanded | 246 | 47.6% |
| Dismissed | 8 | 1.5% |
| Withdrawn | 4 | 0.8% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.2% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 58 | 15.5% (9/58) | 44.8% (26/58) | 39.7% (23/58) | 0.0% (0/58) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 44 | 6.8% (3/44) | 31.8% (14/44) | 59.1% (26/44) | 2.3% (1/44) |
| Ankle and foot | 30 | 3.3% (1/30) | 43.3% (13/30) | 53.3% (16/30) | 0.0% (0/30) |
| Radiculopathy | 27 | 7.4% (2/27) | 37.0% (10/27) | 55.6% (15/27) | 0.0% (0/27) |
| Hearing loss | 25 | 12.0% (3/25) | 40.0% (10/25) | 48.0% (12/25) | 0.0% (0/25) |
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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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