Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 8,334 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Theresa M. Catino in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,977 | 22.4% |
| Denied | 5,111 | 28.8% |
| Remanded | 7,750 | 43.7% |
| Dismissed | 802 | 4.5% |
| Withdrawn | 72 | 0.4% |
| Vacated | 16 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 2 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,756 | 23.3% (410/1,756) | 27.3% (480/1,756) | 46.6% (819/1,756) | 2.7% (47/1,756) |
| Knee | 1,431 | 20.8% (298/1,431) | 31.4% (449/1,431) | 46.3% (662/1,431) | 1.5% (22/1,431) |
| Hearing loss | 1,401 | 32.0% (448/1,401) | 32.8% (460/1,401) | 31.3% (439/1,401) | 3.9% (54/1,401) |
| Ankle and foot | 908 | 19.7% (179/908) | 32.6% (296/908) | 44.7% (406/908) | 3.0% (27/908) |
| PTSD | 797 | 18.9% (151/797) | 17.3% (138/797) | 59.6% (475/797) | 4.1% (33/797) |
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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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