Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 6,463 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ S. S. Toth in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,111 | 15.7% |
| Denied | 3,251 | 24.3% |
| Remanded | 7,433 | 55.4% |
| Dismissed | 603 | 4.5% |
| Vacated | 6 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,364 | 15.0% (205/1,364) | 25.0% (341/1,364) | 57.5% (784/1,364) | 2.5% (34/1,364) |
| Knee | 926 | 16.1% (149/926) | 27.2% (252/926) | 54.8% (507/926) | 1.9% (18/926) |
| Hearing loss | 911 | 17.7% (161/911) | 33.9% (309/911) | 44.3% (404/911) | 4.1% (37/911) |
| Ankle and foot | 658 | 19.8% (130/658) | 23.7% (156/658) | 54.4% (358/658) | 2.1% (14/658) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 533 | 31.5% (168/533) | 18.0% (96/533) | 48.0% (256/533) | 2.4% (13/533) |
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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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