Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 14,127 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Michael A. Herman in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 6,348 | 19.2% |
| Denied | 10,568 | 31.9% |
| Remanded | 14,037 | 42.4% |
| Dismissed | 2,038 | 6.2% |
| Withdrawn | 108 | 0.3% |
| Vacated | 21 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 3,129 | 16.8% (527/3,129) | 33.7% (1,054/3,129) | 45.0% (1,409/3,129) | 4.4% (139/3,129) |
| Knee | 2,942 | 16.0% (471/2,942) | 31.3% (922/2,942) | 47.7% (1,403/2,942) | 5.0% (146/2,942) |
| Hearing loss | 1,932 | 21.4% (414/1,932) | 42.8% (826/1,932) | 28.9% (558/1,932) | 6.9% (134/1,932) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,726 | 14.5% (251/1,726) | 34.1% (589/1,726) | 44.7% (772/1,726) | 6.6% (114/1,726) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,507 | 22.0% (332/1,507) | 34.1% (514/1,507) | 36.7% (553/1,507) | 7.2% (108/1,507) |
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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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