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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've skimmed the first few dozen most recent BVA decisions. As posted above, the majority are remands. What is the quota in concrete terms? How many draft decisions would a newly out of training GS-11 be expected to produce per week? After a year on the job?[/quote]

During your first six months at the Board, you won't be on production. However, when that time ends, you will have the same quota as everyone else regardless of grade level or years at the Board. I left the Board in FY2019, and back then the quota was 3.25 signed decisions a week (169 signed decisions a year) -  by signed, I mean that only decisions that your judge approves will count. Decisions that you submit, but your judge does not sign, do not count. In terms of raw numbers, you will need to submit approximately four to five draft decisions every week in order to get 3.25 signed decisions a week - if you submit less than four or five decisions a week, you are taking a huge risk of not getting 3.25 signed decisions/week, as the judges at the Board routinely return drafts for revision. The average case file has between 200 to 1000 documents, with each document containing anywhere from 1 to 1,000+ pages. Each and every decision that you submit will be graded by your judge on a scale of 1 to 5 (highest score). Any score less than 3 is unacceptable and repeatedly receiving low scores is grounds for termination.

You will need to hit the ground running when you start production as the Board routinely fires attorneys at the 10 month mark. This means that you have less than four months after you begin production to demonstrate your competence or you will be fired/forced to resign (the decision to fire someone is initially made around the seven or eight month mark, while the actual firing occurs at the 10 month mark) .

The Board is a tough place to work at and far from cushy. That's why I left my BVA job to go work at another agency that also offers full time telework.

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