Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 759 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Mariah N. sim in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 336 | 15.1% |
| Denied | 916 | 41.3% |
| Remanded | 841 | 37.9% |
| Dismissed | 124 | 5.6% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.0% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 212 | 13.2% (28/212) | 46.2% (98/212) | 39.2% (83/212) | 1.4% (3/212) |
| Radiculopathy | 164 | 20.1% (33/164) | 39.0% (64/164) | 34.1% (56/164) | 6.7% (11/164) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 162 | 11.1% (18/162) | 34.0% (55/162) | 53.1% (86/162) | 1.9% (3/162) |
| Ankle and foot | 133 | 10.5% (14/133) | 41.4% (55/133) | 41.4% (55/133) | 6.8% (9/133) |
| PTSD | 90 | 22.2% (20/90) | 46.7% (42/90) | 21.1% (19/90) | 10.0% (9/90) |
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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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