Rating Regulations

How the Board Uses 38 CFR Rating Regulations

For each rating regulation, how often the Board of Veterans' Appeals grants at least one issue when it cites that section, and which diagnostic codes it appears alongside. Aggregated from published decisions. Rates reflect case mix, not legal merit.

38 CFR § 3.303 , Principles relating to service connection (605,754 decisions, 46.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.156 , New and material evidence (legacy claims) (424,718 decisions, 41.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.309 , Presumptive service connection: chronic, tropical, or PoW diseases (list) (335,992 decisions, 40.2% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.307 , Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical, or PoW conditions (316,362 decisions, 39.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.321 , General rating considerations and extraschedular evaluation (218,775 decisions, 45.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.304 , Direct service connection (wartime and peacetime) (217,305 decisions, 45% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.310 , Disabilities that are proximately due to a service-connected condition (198,033 decisions, 46.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.71a , Schedule of ratings: musculoskeletal system (172,304 decisions, 51.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.40 , Functional loss (164,161 decisions, 48.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.45 , The joints (152,029 decisions, 49.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.16 , Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual (132,824 decisions, 56.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.59 , Painful motion (126,471 decisions, 51.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.400 , General rules for assigning effective dates (111,874 decisions, 52.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.130 , Schedule of ratings: Mental disorders (101,277 decisions, 61.4% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.385 , Disability from diseases and injuries of the ear (93,532 decisions, 48.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.340 , Total disability ratings (89,448 decisions, 60.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.341 , Total disability ratings for compensation purposes (83,697 decisions, 62.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.124a , Schedule of ratings: neurological conditions and convulsive disorders (65,304 decisions, 63.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.19 , Age in service-connected claims (55,939 decisions, 63.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.125 , Diagnosis of mental disorders (55,536 decisions, 49.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.71 , Measurement of ankylosis and joint motion (53,752 decisions, 53.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.118 , Schedule of ratings: skin (53,141 decisions, 51.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.306 , Aggravation of preservice disability (50,938 decisions, 38.2% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.126 , Evaluation of disability from mental disorders (50,296 decisions, 64% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.105 , Revision of decisions (49,339 decisions, 49% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.85 , Evaluation of hearing impairment (46,929 decisions, 32.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.20 , Analogous ratings (43,010 decisions, 53.4% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.104 , Schedule of ratings: cardiovascular system (36,371 decisions, 47.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.41 , History of injury (34,916 decisions, 46.2% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.86 , Exceptional patterns of hearing impairment (34,455 decisions, 31.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.15 , Total disability ratings (33,392 decisions, 55.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.350 , Special monthly compensation ratings (32,996 decisions, 58.2% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.317 , Gulf War undiagnosed illness and medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (32,151 decisions, 43.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.114 , Schedule of ratings: digestive system (29,673 decisions, 53.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.97 , Schedule of ratings: respiratory system (26,304 decisions, 49.2% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.87 , Schedule of ratings: ear (24,450 decisions, 32.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.344 , Stabilization of disability evaluations (20,237 decisions, 69.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.124 , Neuralgia, cranial or peripheral (18,562 decisions, 66.1% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.30 , Convalescent ratings (17,848 decisions, 44.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.352 , Criteria for determining need for aid and attendance and permanently housebound (15,653 decisions, 51.4% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.115b , Ratings of the genitourinary system: diagnoses (15,305 decisions, 52% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.73 , Schedule of ratings: muscle injuries (15,069 decisions, 51.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.123 , Neuritis, cranial or peripheral (14,974 decisions, 68.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.9 , Congenital or developmental defects (14,124 decisions, 31% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.119 , Schedule of ratings: endocrine system (13,172 decisions, 51% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.114 , Change of law or VA issue (12,703 decisions, 48.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.120 , Evaluations by comparison (12,526 decisions, 67.5% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.18 , Unemployability (11,896 decisions, 62.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.115a , Ratings of the genitourinary system: dysfunctions (10,532 decisions, 54% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.56 , Evaluation of muscle disabilities (9,354 decisions, 46.3% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.150 , Schedule of ratings: dental and oral conditions (7,977 decisions, 38.6% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.29 , Ratings for service-connected disabilities requiring hospital treatment or observation (7,803 decisions, 44.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 3.381 , Service connection for dental conditions (6,890 decisions, 34.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.96 , Special provisions regarding evaluation of respiratory conditions (6,886 decisions, 47.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.69 , Dominant hand (6,312 decisions, 56.7% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.127 , Intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) and personality disorders (5,496 decisions, 30.3% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.55 , Principles of combined ratings for muscle injuries (5,370 decisions, 47.8% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.42 , Complete medical examination of injury cases (5,320 decisions, 36.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.26 , Bilateral factor (5,298 decisions, 61.9% any-grant)38 CFR § 4.79 , Schedule of ratings: eye (5,081 decisions, 52.5% any-grant)

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