Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 5,680 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ L. B. Cryan in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,168 | 19.9% |
| Denied | 5,488 | 34.4% |
| Remanded | 5,778 | 36.2% |
| Dismissed | 1,419 | 8.9% |
| Withdrawn | 80 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 9 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 1,448 | 19.0% (275/1,448) | 35.8% (518/1,448) | 38.0% (550/1,448) | 7.3% (105/1,448) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,403 | 18.3% (257/1,403) | 33.8% (474/1,403) | 40.1% (563/1,403) | 7.8% (109/1,403) |
| Radiculopathy | 918 | 20.8% (191/918) | 38.6% (354/918) | 31.5% (289/918) | 9.2% (84/918) |
| Ankle and foot | 905 | 16.2% (147/905) | 33.6% (304/905) | 41.4% (375/905) | 8.7% (79/905) |
| Hearing loss | 852 | 19.1% (163/852) | 40.5% (345/852) | 32.5% (277/852) | 7.9% (67/852) |
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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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