Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 16,152 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Michael Lane in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 7,602 | 18.8% |
| Denied | 13,317 | 33.0% |
| Remanded | 17,085 | 42.3% |
| Dismissed | 2,171 | 5.4% |
| Withdrawn | 95 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 58 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 10 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 11 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 4,071 | 17.0% (692/4,071) | 33.4% (1,359/4,071) | 45.5% (1,851/4,071) | 4.2% (169/4,071) |
| Knee | 3,340 | 18.8% (628/3,340) | 35.1% (1,173/3,340) | 42.1% (1,405/3,340) | 4.0% (134/3,340) |
| Ankle and foot | 2,198 | 18.3% (402/2,198) | 33.8% (744/2,198) | 42.8% (940/2,198) | 5.1% (112/2,198) |
| Hearing loss | 2,133 | 22.2% (474/2,133) | 43.7% (933/2,133) | 29.3% (624/2,133) | 4.8% (102/2,133) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,885 | 23.8% (448/1,885) | 34.0% (640/1,885) | 37.1% (699/1,885) | 5.2% (98/1,885) |
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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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