Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 12,039 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Kelli A. Kordich in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 4,727 | 15.4% |
| Denied | 11,224 | 36.5% |
| Remanded | 12,710 | 41.3% |
| Dismissed | 1,926 | 6.3% |
| Withdrawn | 112 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 37 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 11 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,812 | 13.8% (388/2,812) | 36.3% (1,020/2,812) | 45.5% (1,280/2,812) | 4.4% (124/2,812) |
| Knee | 2,552 | 16.0% (408/2,552) | 37.3% (951/2,552) | 42.6% (1,086/2,552) | 4.2% (107/2,552) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,719 | 14.1% (243/1,719) | 35.3% (606/1,719) | 44.8% (770/1,719) | 5.8% (100/1,719) |
| Hearing loss | 1,576 | 17.1% (270/1,576) | 42.0% (662/1,576) | 34.7% (547/1,576) | 6.2% (97/1,576) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,473 | 18.3% (270/1,473) | 40.9% (602/1,473) | 34.0% (501/1,473) | 6.8% (100/1,473) |
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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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