Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 871 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ M. Schlickenmaier in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 425 | 20.5% |
| Denied | 584 | 28.2% |
| Remanded | 977 | 47.2% |
| Dismissed | 74 | 3.6% |
| Withdrawn | 11 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 185 | 13.5% (25/185) | 33.0% (61/185) | 47.6% (88/185) | 5.9% (11/185) |
| Knee | 181 | 13.3% (24/181) | 34.3% (62/181) | 48.1% (87/181) | 4.4% (8/181) |
| Ankle and foot | 132 | 19.7% (26/132) | 28.8% (38/132) | 46.2% (61/132) | 5.3% (7/132) |
| PTSD | 123 | 26.8% (33/123) | 28.5% (35/123) | 39.8% (49/123) | 4.9% (6/123) |
| Hearing loss | 108 | 17.6% (19/108) | 33.3% (36/108) | 44.4% (48/108) | 4.6% (5/108) |
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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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