Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 7,859 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Robert C. Scharnberger. in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,027 | 17.2% |
| Denied | 4,926 | 28.0% |
| Remanded | 8,126 | 46.3% |
| Dismissed | 1,449 | 8.3% |
| Withdrawn | 15 | 0.1% |
| Vacated | 13 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 7 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,620 | 17.5% (284/1,620) | 30.7% (498/1,620) | 48.5% (785/1,620) | 3.3% (53/1,620) |
| Knee | 1,391 | 21.5% (299/1,391) | 31.0% (431/1,391) | 44.3% (616/1,391) | 3.2% (45/1,391) |
| Hearing loss | 1,008 | 18.7% (188/1,008) | 38.2% (385/1,008) | 38.0% (383/1,008) | 5.2% (52/1,008) |
| Ankle and foot | 857 | 18.6% (159/857) | 32.3% (277/857) | 46.1% (395/857) | 3.0% (26/857) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 675 | 26.5% (179/675) | 27.3% (184/675) | 42.2% (285/675) | 4.0% (27/675) |
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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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