Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 12,199 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Renée M. Pelletier in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,011 | 8.9% |
| Denied | 10,576 | 46.9% |
| Remanded | 9,293 | 41.2% |
| Dismissed | 637 | 2.8% |
| Vacated | 24 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,223 | 9.8% (218/2,223) | 46.0% (1,022/2,223) | 42.3% (940/2,223) | 1.9% (43/2,223) |
| Knee | 1,772 | 8.9% (157/1,772) | 48.0% (850/1,772) | 41.4% (734/1,772) | 1.7% (31/1,772) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,229 | 9.1% (112/1,229) | 53.1% (652/1,229) | 36.5% (448/1,229) | 1.4% (17/1,229) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,006 | 13.4% (135/1,006) | 43.4% (437/1,006) | 40.3% (405/1,006) | 2.9% (29/1,006) |
| Hearing loss | 952 | 9.9% (94/952) | 60.4% (575/952) | 27.7% (264/952) | 2.0% (19/952) |
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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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