Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 2,816 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Ray Barto Slabbekorn, Jr. in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,085 | 34.6% |
| Denied | 3,525 | 39.5% |
| Remanded | 1,611 | 18.0% |
| Dismissed | 646 | 7.2% |
| Withdrawn | 47 | 0.5% |
| Vacated | 7 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 5 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 850 | 37.5% (319/850) | 38.1% (324/850) | 18.6% (158/850) | 5.8% (49/850) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 752 | 34.3% (258/752) | 38.2% (287/752) | 22.3% (168/752) | 5.2% (39/752) |
| Radiculopathy | 550 | 39.5% (217/550) | 37.5% (206/550) | 15.6% (86/550) | 7.5% (41/550) |
| Ankle and foot | 485 | 29.9% (145/485) | 46.2% (224/485) | 14.4% (70/485) | 9.5% (46/485) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 441 | 44.4% (196/441) | 33.8% (149/441) | 13.6% (60/441) | 8.2% (36/441) |
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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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