Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,325 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ M. Donohue in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,700 | 15.8% |
| Denied | 5,169 | 30.2% |
| Remanded | 7,586 | 44.4% |
| Dismissed | 1,268 | 7.4% |
| Withdrawn | 353 | 2.1% |
| Vacated | 8 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,517 | 14.4% (219/1,517) | 26.8% (407/1,517) | 51.2% (777/1,517) | 7.5% (114/1,517) |
| Knee | 1,495 | 14.6% (218/1,495) | 26.9% (402/1,495) | 50.5% (755/1,495) | 8.0% (120/1,495) |
| Ankle and foot | 997 | 13.6% (136/997) | 25.9% (258/997) | 50.7% (505/997) | 9.8% (98/997) |
| Hearing loss | 919 | 11.1% (102/919) | 45.5% (418/919) | 35.7% (328/919) | 7.7% (71/919) |
| PTSD | 915 | 22.0% (201/915) | 29.9% (274/915) | 39.0% (357/915) | 9.1% (83/915) |
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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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