Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 3,054 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ Wendy Daknis in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 1,344 | 19.3% |
| Denied | 1,906 | 27.3% |
| Remanded | 2,840 | 40.7% |
| Dismissed | 823 | 11.8% |
| Withdrawn | 57 | 0.8% |
| Vacated | 6 | 0.1% |
| Moot | 1 | 0.0% |
| Referred | 1 | 0.0% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knee | 543 | 15.8% (86/543) | 26.7% (145/543) | 50.8% (276/543) | 6.6% (36/543) |
| Back and lumbar spine | 419 | 17.7% (74/419) | 23.4% (98/419) | 53.5% (224/419) | 5.5% (23/419) |
| Radiculopathy | 329 | 24.0% (79/329) | 38.0% (125/329) | 30.4% (100/329) | 7.6% (25/329) |
| Ankle and foot | 308 | 12.3% (38/308) | 21.8% (67/308) | 59.4% (183/308) | 6.5% (20/308) |
| PTSD | 266 | 28.9% (77/266) | 30.5% (81/266) | 35.0% (93/266) | 5.6% (15/266) |
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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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