Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.304
Direct service connection (wartime and peacetime)
How the Board has used this section
45%
Any-grant when cited
217,305
Decisions citing it
Approx. 45% 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 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder467 decisionsDC 9411 , Posttraumatic stress disorder67,379 decisionsDC 7714 , Sickle cell anemia115 decisionsDC 5110 , Loss of use of both feet1,365 decisionsDC 6066 , Visual acuity in one eye 10/200 (3/60) or better284 decisionsDC 6313 , Avitaminosis275 decisionsDC 6065 , Vision in one eye 5/200 (1.5/60)1,505 decisionsDC 60991,078 decisions
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