Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 13,713 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Keith W. Allen in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 4,781 | 16.4% |
| Denied | 11,487 | 39.3% |
| Remanded | 11,805 | 40.4% |
| Dismissed | 963 | 3.3% |
| Withdrawn | 112 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 42 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 5 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,928 | 16.5% (482/2,928) | 40.2% (1,176/2,928) | 41.5% (1,216/2,928) | 1.8% (54/2,928) |
| Knee | 2,211 | 15.2% (335/2,211) | 43.0% (950/2,211) | 39.7% (878/2,211) | 2.2% (48/2,211) |
| Hearing loss | 1,621 | 15.7% (254/1,621) | 49.0% (795/1,621) | 32.1% (520/1,621) | 3.2% (52/1,621) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,553 | 16.5% (257/1,553) | 41.1% (639/1,553) | 39.6% (615/1,553) | 2.7% (42/1,553) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,298 | 26.4% (343/1,298) | 35.7% (463/1,298) | 35.4% (460/1,298) | 2.5% (32/1,298) |
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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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