Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 15,978 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Michael E. Kilcoyne in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 4,681 | 13.4% |
| Denied | 15,535 | 44.4% |
| Remanded | 12,985 | 37.1% |
| Dismissed | 1,576 | 4.5% |
| Withdrawn | 170 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 29 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 3,382 | 12.8% (432/3,382) | 47.0% (1,591/3,382) | 37.1% (1,256/3,382) | 3.0% (103/3,382) |
| Knee | 2,740 | 13.2% (361/2,740) | 49.4% (1,353/2,740) | 33.9% (930/2,740) | 3.5% (96/2,740) |
| Hearing loss | 1,782 | 9.1% (162/1,782) | 57.1% (1,018/1,782) | 28.7% (511/1,782) | 5.1% (91/1,782) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,775 | 10.2% (181/1,775) | 49.2% (873/1,775) | 36.8% (653/1,775) | 3.8% (68/1,775) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,690 | 19.4% (328/1,690) | 43.6% (736/1,690) | 33.4% (564/1,690) | 3.7% (62/1,690) |
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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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