Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 646 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Laura H. Eskenazi in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 249 | 19.3% |
| Denied | 411 | 31.9% |
| Remanded | 583 | 45.3% |
| Dismissed | 43 | 3.3% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.1% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 149 | 17.4% (26/149) | 31.5% (47/149) | 47.7% (71/149) | 3.4% (5/149) |
| Knee | 122 | 21.3% (26/122) | 38.5% (47/122) | 39.3% (48/122) | 0.8% (1/122) |
| Hearing loss | 72 | 26.4% (19/72) | 40.3% (29/72) | 31.9% (23/72) | 1.4% (1/72) |
| Ankle and foot | 59 | 6.8% (4/59) | 33.9% (20/59) | 57.6% (34/59) | 1.7% (1/59) |
| PTSD | 51 | 7.8% (4/51) | 7.8% (4/51) | 84.3% (43/51) | 0.0% (0/51) |
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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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