Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,333 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Thomas L. English in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 2,764 | 28.6% |
| Denied | 1,789 | 18.5% |
| Remanded | 4,423 | 45.8% |
| Dismissed | 608 | 6.3% |
| Withdrawn | 68 | 0.7% |
| Vacated | 4 | 0.0% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 820 | 26.5% (217/820) | 14.3% (117/820) | 52.8% (433/820) | 6.5% (53/820) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 774 | 28.9% (224/774) | 12.4% (96/774) | 52.6% (407/774) | 6.1% (47/774) |
| Radiculopathy | 659 | 29.9% (197/659) | 20.0% (132/659) | 41.9% (276/659) | 8.2% (54/659) |
| Ankle and foot | 585 | 28.2% (165/585) | 15.9% (93/585) | 50.1% (293/585) | 5.8% (34/585) |
| PTSD | 417 | 46.3% (193/417) | 14.4% (60/417) | 34.1% (142/417) | 5.3% (22/417) |
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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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