Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 5,167 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Tiffany Dawson in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 3,588 | 23.6% |
| Denied | 2,194 | 14.5% |
| Remanded | 7,621 | 50.2% |
| Dismissed | 1,687 | 11.1% |
| Withdrawn | 49 | 0.3% |
| Vacated | 25 | 0.2% |
| Moot | 14 | 0.1% |
| Referred | 3 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 1,313 | 23.1% (303/1,313) | 11.7% (154/1,313) | 55.7% (731/1,313) | 9.5% (125/1,313) |
| Knee | 1,229 | 19.3% (237/1,229) | 11.3% (139/1,229) | 60.3% (741/1,229) | 9.1% (112/1,229) |
| Radiculopathy | 963 | 26.2% (252/963) | 13.6% (131/963) | 49.5% (477/963) | 10.7% (103/963) |
| Ankle and foot | 824 | 20.9% (172/824) | 10.4% (86/824) | 57.4% (473/824) | 11.3% (93/824) |
| Hearing loss | 661 | 23.8% (157/661) | 26.8% (177/661) | 41.1% (272/661) | 8.3% (55/661) |
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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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