Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 2,899 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Marissa Caylor in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,282 | 17.8% |
| Denied | 1,338 | 18.6% |
| Remanded | 3,623 | 50.4% |
| Dismissed | 860 | 12.0% |
| Withdrawn | 82 | 1.1% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 613 | 15.0% (92/613) | 17.1% (105/613) | 57.9% (355/613) | 10.0% (61/613) |
| Knee | 586 | 18.8% (110/586) | 13.3% (78/586) | 55.8% (327/586) | 12.1% (71/586) |
| Ankle and foot | 399 | 12.0% (48/399) | 12.3% (49/399) | 60.9% (243/399) | 14.8% (59/399) |
| PTSD | 365 | 27.1% (99/365) | 21.6% (79/365) | 37.0% (135/365) | 14.2% (52/365) |
| Radiculopathy | 363 | 24.2% (88/363) | 18.5% (67/363) | 45.2% (164/363) | 12.1% (44/363) |
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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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