Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 269 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ T. Sherrard in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 143 | 16.0% |
| Denied | 319 | 35.8% |
| Remanded | 407 | 45.7% |
| Dismissed | 18 | 2.0% |
| Withdrawn | 2 | 0.2% |
| Vacated | 2 | 0.2% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 86 | 10.5% (9/86) | 38.4% (33/86) | 51.2% (44/86) | 0.0% (0/86) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 75 | 22.7% (17/75) | 33.3% (25/75) | 42.7% (32/75) | 1.3% (1/75) |
| Radiculopathy | 59 | 11.9% (7/59) | 55.9% (33/59) | 28.8% (17/59) | 3.4% (2/59) |
| Ankle and foot | 58 | 6.9% (4/58) | 31.0% (18/58) | 60.3% (35/58) | 1.7% (1/58) |
| Hearing loss | 46 | 6.5% (3/46) | 43.5% (20/46) | 47.8% (22/46) | 2.2% (1/46) |
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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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