Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 7,028 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Ronald W. Scholz in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,820 | 18.0% |
| Denied | 5,616 | 35.9% |
| Remanded | 6,310 | 40.3% |
| Dismissed | 884 | 5.6% |
| Vacated | 21 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,451 | 18.5% (269/1,451) | 39.4% (572/1,451) | 37.1% (539/1,451) | 4.9% (71/1,451) |
| Knee | 1,058 | 19.2% (203/1,058) | 40.7% (431/1,058) | 35.5% (376/1,058) | 4.5% (48/1,058) |
| Hearing loss | 942 | 25.5% (240/942) | 41.5% (391/942) | 28.0% (264/942) | 5.0% (47/942) |
| Ankle and foot | 784 | 17.2% (135/784) | 38.5% (302/784) | 38.6% (303/784) | 5.6% (44/784) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 671 | 30.1% (202/671) | 30.8% (207/671) | 35.8% (240/671) | 3.3% (22/671) |
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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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