Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 17,816 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. L. Kennedy in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 6,110 | 17.0% |
| Denied | 13,567 | 37.8% |
| Remanded | 14,636 | 40.8% |
| Dismissed | 1,478 | 4.1% |
| Withdrawn | 13 | 0.0% |
| Vacated | 24 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 39 | 0.1% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 3,454 | 19.3% (666/3,454) | 35.7% (1,233/3,454) | 42.3% (1,462/3,454) | 2.7% (93/3,454) |
| Knee | 2,583 | 18.8% (486/2,583) | 39.2% (1,012/2,583) | 39.7% (1,026/2,583) | 2.3% (59/2,583) |
| Hearing loss | 2,095 | 17.9% (374/2,095) | 47.1% (986/2,095) | 32.3% (677/2,095) | 2.8% (58/2,095) |
| Ankle and foot | 1,911 | 18.7% (357/1,911) | 40.2% (768/1,911) | 38.6% (738/1,911) | 2.5% (48/1,911) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 1,511 | 25.7% (388/1,511) | 33.2% (501/1,511) | 37.9% (573/1,511) | 3.2% (49/1,511) |
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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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