Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.301
Line of duty and misconduct
How the Board has used this section
27%
Any-grant when cited
11,475
Decisions citing it
Approx. 27% 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 7354 , Hepatitis C (or non-A, non-B hepatitis)1,120 decisionsDC 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder116 decisionsDC 7345 , Chronic liver disease without cirrhosis283 decisionsDC 9434 , Major depressive disorder1,251 decisionsDC 9432 , Bipolar disorder144 decisionsDC 9201 , Schizophrenia169 decisionsDC 9411 , Posttraumatic stress disorder2,824 decisionsDC 8045 , Residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI)332 decisions
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