Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 8,909 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. Bush in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 6,218 | 26.3% |
| Denied | 4,065 | 17.2% |
| Remanded | 11,373 | 48.0% |
| Dismissed | 1,881 | 7.9% |
| Withdrawn | 98 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 29 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 9 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 2,147 | 27.4% (589/2,147) | 17.7% (380/2,147) | 49.2% (1,057/2,147) | 5.6% (121/2,147) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 2,054 | 22.4% (461/2,054) | 14.7% (302/2,054) | 54.3% (1,116/2,054) | 8.5% (175/2,054) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,267 | 23.0% (292/1,267) | 20.1% (255/1,267) | 50.0% (634/1,267) | 6.8% (86/1,267) |
| Hearing loss | 1,262 | 22.6% (285/1,262) | 28.1% (354/1,262) | 41.4% (523/1,262) | 7.9% (100/1,262) |
| Radiculopathy | 1,158 | 33.8% (391/1,158) | 17.3% (200/1,158) | 39.1% (453/1,158) | 9.8% (114/1,158) |
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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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