Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 4,234 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Nathan Kroes in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,547 | 15.6% |
| Denied | 3,603 | 36.4% |
| Remanded | 3,959 | 40.0% |
| Dismissed | 764 | 7.7% |
| Withdrawn | 19 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 932 | 14.4% (134/932) | 39.5% (368/932) | 40.6% (378/932) | 5.6% (52/932) |
| Knee | 867 | 13.3% (115/867) | 42.2% (366/867) | 39.8% (345/867) | 4.7% (41/867) |
| Hearing loss | 596 | 16.4% (98/596) | 45.8% (273/596) | 29.7% (177/596) | 8.1% (48/596) |
| Ankle and foot | 518 | 14.3% (74/518) | 35.5% (184/518) | 41.5% (215/518) | 8.7% (45/518) |
| PTSD | 483 | 18.0% (87/483) | 24.2% (117/483) | 49.3% (238/483) | 8.5% (41/483) |
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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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