Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 2,078 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Kenneth R. Andrews,. Jr. in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 594 | 15.6% |
| Denied | 1,242 | 32.6% |
| Remanded | 1,890 | 49.5% |
| Dismissed | 16 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 71 | 1.9% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 393 | 14.2% (56/393) | 31.0% (122/393) | 51.9% (204/393) | 2.8% (11/393) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 261 | 19.5% (51/261) | 29.9% (78/261) | 48.3% (126/261) | 2.3% (6/261) |
| Knee | 188 | 18.6% (35/188) | 31.4% (59/188) | 47.3% (89/188) | 2.7% (5/188) |
| Headaches and migraine | 152 | 15.8% (24/152) | 36.2% (55/152) | 47.4% (72/152) | 0.7% (1/152) |
| Ankle and foot | 136 | 18.4% (25/136) | 36.0% (49/136) | 41.9% (57/136) | 3.7% (5/136) |
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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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