Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 940 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. Merrick in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 712 | 33.2% |
| Denied | 458 | 21.4% |
| Remanded | 810 | 37.8% |
| Dismissed | 152 | 7.1% |
| Withdrawn | 9 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 165 | 31.5% (52/165) | 21.2% (35/165) | 41.2% (68/165) | 6.1% (10/165) |
| Radiculopathy | 148 | 41.2% (61/148) | 28.4% (42/148) | 27.0% (40/148) | 3.4% (5/148) |
| Knee | 144 | 24.3% (35/144) | 18.8% (27/144) | 50.7% (73/144) | 6.2% (9/144) |
| Ankle and foot | 116 | 34.5% (40/116) | 22.4% (26/116) | 32.8% (38/116) | 10.3% (12/116) |
| Hearing loss | 112 | 42.0% (47/112) | 33.0% (37/112) | 18.8% (21/112) | 6.2% (7/112) |
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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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