Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 371 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Michelle P. Katz in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 207 | 15.9% |
| Denied | 389 | 29.9% |
| Remanded | 668 | 51.3% |
| Dismissed | 29 | 2.2% |
| Withdrawn | 7 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 136 | 19.9% (27/136) | 27.9% (38/136) | 47.8% (65/136) | 4.4% (6/136) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 135 | 14.8% (20/135) | 32.6% (44/135) | 51.1% (69/135) | 1.5% (2/135) |
| Ankle and foot | 81 | 13.6% (11/81) | 19.8% (16/81) | 61.7% (50/81) | 4.9% (4/81) |
| Radiculopathy | 78 | 20.5% (16/78) | 29.5% (23/78) | 50.0% (39/78) | 0.0% (0/78) |
| PTSD | 63 | 27.0% (17/63) | 28.6% (18/63) | 42.9% (27/63) | 1.6% (1/63) |
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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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