Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 1,022 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ N. Rippel in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 534 | 20.4% |
| Denied | 895 | 34.2% |
| Remanded | 1,110 | 42.4% |
| Dismissed | 73 | 2.8% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.0% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 251 | 17.5% (44/251) | 35.5% (89/251) | 45.8% (115/251) | 1.2% (3/251) |
| Knee | 214 | 21.5% (46/214) | 38.8% (83/214) | 39.3% (84/214) | 0.5% (1/214) |
| Ankle and foot | 168 | 22.0% (37/168) | 27.4% (46/168) | 49.4% (83/168) | 1.2% (2/168) |
| Radiculopathy | 167 | 31.1% (52/167) | 38.3% (64/167) | 28.1% (47/167) | 2.4% (4/167) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 147 | 25.2% (37/147) | 29.9% (44/147) | 43.5% (64/147) | 1.4% (2/147) |
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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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