Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 8,133 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. Heneks in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,820 | 14.0% |
| Denied | 6,284 | 31.3% |
| Remanded | 8,835 | 44.0% |
| Dismissed | 1,929 | 9.6% |
| Withdrawn | 194 | 1.0% |
| Vacated | 21 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,901 | 11.6% (221/1,901) | 32.5% (618/1,901) | 48.8% (928/1,901) | 7.0% (134/1,901) |
| Knee | 1,558 | 14.1% (219/1,558) | 35.4% (552/1,558) | 42.9% (668/1,558) | 7.6% (119/1,558) |
| Hearing loss | 1,108 | 11.8% (131/1,108) | 41.4% (459/1,108) | 38.4% (425/1,108) | 8.4% (93/1,108) |
| Ankle and foot | 972 | 9.9% (96/972) | 34.0% (330/972) | 45.9% (446/972) | 10.3% (100/972) |
| Radiculopathy | 960 | 14.3% (137/960) | 39.2% (376/960) | 38.3% (368/960) | 8.2% (79/960) |
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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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