Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,671 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. Charles Neill in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,050 | 19.2% |
| Denied | 2,742 | 25.7% |
| Remanded | 4,661 | 43.7% |
| Dismissed | 1,201 | 11.3% |
| Vacated | 12 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 837 | 16.0% (134/837) | 26.9% (225/837) | 46.6% (390/837) | 10.5% (88/837) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 782 | 20.3% (159/782) | 23.7% (185/782) | 48.6% (380/782) | 7.4% (58/782) |
| Radiculopathy | 780 | 21.5% (168/780) | 30.5% (238/780) | 42.1% (328/780) | 5.9% (46/780) |
| Ankle and foot | 642 | 15.1% (97/642) | 26.3% (169/642) | 49.2% (316/642) | 9.3% (60/642) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 496 | 24.2% (120/496) | 25.0% (124/496) | 43.1% (214/496) | 7.7% (38/496) |
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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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