Issue-level outcome statistics computed from the full text of 312 public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions signed by VLJ William Skowronski in the corpus slice below.
| Disposition | Issues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Granted | 185 | 27.7% |
| Denied | 176 | 26.4% |
| Remanded | 240 | 36.0% |
| Dismissed | 41 | 6.1% |
| Withdrawn | 22 | 3.3% |
| Vacated | 3 | 0.4% |
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| Condition | Issues | Granted | Denied | Remanded | Dismissed / other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back and lumbar spine | 71 | 21.1% (15/71) | 35.2% (25/71) | 39.4% (28/71) | 4.2% (3/71) |
| Knee | 69 | 23.2% (16/69) | 23.2% (16/69) | 44.9% (31/69) | 8.7% (6/69) |
| Psychiatric conditions | 48 | 37.5% (18/48) | 25.0% (12/48) | 29.2% (14/48) | 8.3% (4/48) |
| Hearing loss | 48 | 22.9% (11/48) | 47.9% (23/48) | 18.8% (9/48) | 10.4% (5/48) |
| Radiculopathy | 42 | 35.7% (15/42) | 21.4% (9/42) | 35.7% (15/42) | 7.1% (3/42) |
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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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