Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 321 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ R. Costello in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 176 | 20.8% |
| Denied | 233 | 27.5% |
| Remanded | 335 | 39.6% |
| Dismissed | 76 | 9.0% |
| Withdrawn | 25 | 3.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 95 | 13.7% (13/95) | 21.1% (20/95) | 53.7% (51/95) | 11.6% (11/95) |
| Knee | 76 | 10.5% (8/76) | 35.5% (27/76) | 44.7% (34/76) | 9.2% (7/76) |
| Ankle and foot | 60 | 15.0% (9/60) | 33.3% (20/60) | 41.7% (25/60) | 10.0% (6/60) |
| Radiculopathy | 42 | 42.9% (18/42) | 9.5% (4/42) | 31.0% (13/42) | 16.7% (7/42) |
| Hearing loss | 42 | 14.3% (6/42) | 31.0% (13/42) | 38.1% (16/42) | 16.7% (7/42) |
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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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