Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.156
New and material evidence (legacy claims)
How the Board has used this section
41.9%
Any-grant when cited
424,718
Decisions citing it
Approx. 41.9% 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 8913 , Epilepsy, diencephalic127 decisionsDC 5235 , Vertebral fracture or dislocation4,351 decisionsDC 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder627 decisionsDC 5296 , Skull, loss of part of, both inner and outer tables156 decisionsDC 9903 , Mandible, nonunion of, confirmed by diagnostic imaging studies124 decisionsDC 8911 , Epilepsy, petit mal1,318 decisionsDC 5239 , Spondylolisthesis or segmental instability965 decisionsDC 6504 , Nose, loss of part of, or scars171 decisions
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