Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 10,530 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ M. C. Graham in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 4,941 | 18.9% |
| Denied | 8,746 | 33.4% |
| Remanded | 10,138 | 38.7% |
| Dismissed | 2,262 | 8.6% |
| Withdrawn | 40 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 41 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 7 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,293 | 18.9% (434/2,293) | 33.2% (761/2,293) | 41.3% (946/2,293) | 6.6% (152/2,293) |
| Knee | 2,291 | 15.5% (356/2,291) | 35.2% (806/2,291) | 43.3% (992/2,291) | 6.0% (137/2,291) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,486 | 17.1% (254/1,486) | 35.7% (531/1,486) | 38.8% (577/1,486) | 8.3% (124/1,486) |
| Hearing loss | 1,341 | 23.3% (313/1,341) | 42.2% (566/1,341) | 26.8% (359/1,341) | 7.7% (103/1,341) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,222 | 24.8% (303/1,222) | 29.4% (359/1,222) | 36.7% (449/1,222) | 9.1% (111/1,222) |
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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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