Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 990 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Neil T. Werner in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 435 | 16.6% |
| Denied | 936 | 35.8% |
| Remanded | 1,131 | 43.2% |
| Dismissed | 109 | 4.2% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0.0% |
| Vacated | 2 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 255 | 14.5% (37/255) | 38.8% (99/255) | 43.1% (110/255) | 3.5% (9/255) |
| Knee | 227 | 11.9% (27/227) | 47.1% (107/227) | 38.8% (88/227) | 2.2% (5/227) |
| Ankle and foot | 165 | 17.0% (28/165) | 38.2% (63/165) | 42.4% (70/165) | 2.4% (4/165) |
| Hearing loss | 141 | 22.0% (31/141) | 40.4% (57/141) | 30.5% (43/141) | 7.1% (10/141) |
| Radiculopathy | 119 | 39.5% (47/119) | 22.7% (27/119) | 33.6% (40/119) | 4.2% (5/119) |
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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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