Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 1,433 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ M. Cheek in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 319 | 15.3% |
| Denied | 310 | 14.9% |
| Remanded | 1,344 | 64.6% |
| Dismissed | 105 | 5.0% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 219 | 17.4% (38/219) | 11.0% (24/219) | 67.6% (148/219) | 4.1% (9/219) |
| Knee | 141 | 16.3% (23/141) | 9.9% (14/141) | 71.6% (101/141) | 2.1% (3/141) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 113 | 16.8% (19/113) | 17.7% (20/113) | 63.7% (72/113) | 1.8% (2/113) |
| Ankle and foot | 105 | 11.4% (12/105) | 9.5% (10/105) | 74.3% (78/105) | 4.8% (5/105) |
| PTSD | 99 | 2.0% (2/99) | 1.0% (1/99) | 97.0% (96/99) | 0.0% (0/99) |
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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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