Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 2,241 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Tracie N. Wesner in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,212 | 22.9% |
| Denied | 748 | 14.1% |
| Remanded | 2,097 | 39.5% |
| Dismissed | 1,068 | 20.1% |
| Withdrawn | 176 | 3.3% |
| Referred | 2 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 426 | 27.5% (117/426) | 13.4% (57/426) | 48.4% (206/426) | 10.8% (46/426) |
| Knee | 377 | 25.7% (97/377) | 16.2% (61/377) | 49.1% (185/377) | 9.0% (34/377) |
| Ankle and foot | 273 | 20.1% (55/273) | 12.1% (33/273) | 59.3% (162/273) | 8.4% (23/273) |
| Radiculopathy | 241 | 26.6% (64/241) | 19.1% (46/241) | 40.2% (97/241) | 14.1% (34/241) |
| Hearing loss | 222 | 27.0% (60/222) | 27.0% (60/222) | 36.0% (80/222) | 9.9% (22/222) |
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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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