Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 360 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ L. Barstow in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 178 | 16.0% |
| Denied | 418 | 37.7% |
| Remanded | 490 | 44.1% |
| Dismissed | 15 | 1.4% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.3% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 106 | 10.4% (11/106) | 36.8% (39/106) | 48.1% (51/106) | 4.7% (5/106) |
| Knee | 103 | 20.4% (21/103) | 34.0% (35/103) | 43.7% (45/103) | 1.9% (2/103) |
| Radiculopathy | 78 | 24.4% (19/78) | 43.6% (34/78) | 29.5% (23/78) | 2.6% (2/78) |
| Hearing loss | 58 | 10.3% (6/58) | 51.7% (30/58) | 36.2% (21/58) | 1.7% (1/58) |
| Ankle and foot | 58 | 12.1% (7/58) | 44.8% (26/58) | 39.7% (23/58) | 3.4% (2/58) |
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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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