Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 85 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ M. Tang in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 51 | 21.5% |
| Denied | 77 | 32.5% |
| Remanded | 99 | 41.8% |
| Dismissed | 3 | 1.3% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 2.5% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.4% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 24 | 16.7% (4/24) | 45.8% (11/24) | 37.5% (9/24) | 0.0% (0/24) |
| Knee | 22 | 9.1% (2/22) | 27.3% (6/22) | 50.0% (11/22) | 13.6% (3/22) |
| Radiculopathy | 21 | 47.6% (10/21) | 23.8% (5/21) | 28.6% (6/21) | 0.0% (0/21) |
| Heart | 10 | 10.0% (1/10) | 70.0% (7/10) | 10.0% (1/10) | 10.0% (1/10) |
| PTSD | 8 | 25.0% (2/8) | 12.5% (1/8) | 50.0% (4/8) | 12.5% (1/8) |
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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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