Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.155
Filing a claim (former)
How the Board has used this section
49.9%
Any-grant when cited
57,904
Decisions citing it
Approx. 49.9% of published Board decisions that cite this section granted at least one issue. This reflects the mix of claims where the section comes up, not the legal merit of any single claim. See the decisions.
Diagnostic codes most associated with it
DC 8513 , Paralysis of all radicular groups128 decisionsDC 7541 , Renal involvement in diabetes mellitus type I or II126 decisionsDC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)112 decisionsDC 7017 , Coronary bypass surgery223 decisionsDC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)122 decisionsDC 7530 , Chronic renal disease requiring regular dialysis232 decisionsDC 7804 , Scar(s), unstable or painful655 decisionsDC 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of285 decisions
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