Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 9,858 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Mary Gallagher in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,889 | 9.9% |
| Denied | 8,648 | 45.3% |
| Remanded | 7,719 | 40.4% |
| Dismissed | 830 | 4.3% |
| Vacated | 14 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,000 | 12.9% (258/2,000) | 47.0% (939/2,000) | 36.5% (729/2,000) | 3.7% (74/2,000) |
| Knee | 1,344 | 12.0% (161/1,344) | 51.4% (691/1,344) | 34.7% (467/1,344) | 1.9% (25/1,344) |
| Ankle and foot | 996 | 11.0% (110/996) | 52.9% (527/996) | 32.9% (328/996) | 3.1% (31/996) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 953 | 14.6% (139/953) | 44.4% (423/953) | 37.0% (353/953) | 4.0% (38/953) |
| Hearing loss | 928 | 10.1% (94/928) | 55.7% (517/928) | 29.4% (273/928) | 4.7% (44/928) |
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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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