Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 673 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Luke Pelican in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 332 | 22.8% |
| Denied | 499 | 34.3% |
| Remanded | 521 | 35.9% |
| Dismissed | 95 | 6.5% |
| Withdrawn | 3 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 141 | 23.4% (33/141) | 22.7% (32/141) | 50.4% (71/141) | 3.5% (5/141) |
| Knee | 107 | 16.8% (18/107) | 43.9% (47/107) | 34.6% (37/107) | 4.7% (5/107) |
| Hearing loss | 90 | 8.9% (8/90) | 54.4% (49/90) | 28.9% (26/90) | 7.8% (7/90) |
| Ankle and foot | 86 | 15.1% (13/86) | 27.9% (24/86) | 45.3% (39/86) | 11.6% (10/86) |
| Radiculopathy | 72 | 23.6% (17/72) | 30.6% (22/72) | 45.8% (33/72) | 0.0% (0/72) |
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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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