Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,226 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ K. Millikan in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,254 | 15.0% |
| Denied | 3,033 | 20.2% |
| Remanded | 8,913 | 59.4% |
| Dismissed | 764 | 5.1% |
| Withdrawn | 43 | 0.3% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,547 | 12.7% (197/1,547) | 18.2% (281/1,547) | 64.8% (1,003/1,547) | 4.3% (66/1,547) |
| Knee | 1,187 | 12.8% (152/1,187) | 20.6% (245/1,187) | 63.4% (752/1,187) | 3.2% (38/1,187) |
| Hearing loss | 882 | 13.8% (122/882) | 29.3% (258/882) | 51.1% (451/882) | 5.8% (51/882) |
| Ankle and foot | 769 | 13.9% (107/769) | 25.4% (195/769) | 55.5% (427/769) | 5.2% (40/769) |
| PTSD | 749 | 13.6% (102/749) | 10.1% (76/749) | 71.4% (535/749) | 4.8% (36/749) |
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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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