Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,661 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Shaun S. Speranza in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,092 | 29.8% |
| Denied | 2,001 | 19.3% |
| Remanded | 4,223 | 40.7% |
| Dismissed | 948 | 9.1% |
| Withdrawn | 92 | 0.9% |
| Vacated | 7 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 3 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 933 | 25.3% (236/933) | 15.8% (147/933) | 49.9% (466/933) | 9.0% (84/933) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 881 | 32.7% (288/881) | 13.5% (119/881) | 45.5% (401/881) | 8.3% (73/881) |
| Ankle and foot | 575 | 32.9% (189/575) | 18.4% (106/575) | 40.0% (230/575) | 8.7% (50/575) |
| Radiculopathy | 559 | 28.8% (161/559) | 19.5% (109/559) | 43.6% (244/559) | 8.1% (45/559) |
| PTSD | 515 | 43.1% (222/515) | 19.2% (99/515) | 27.6% (142/515) | 10.1% (52/515) |
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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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