Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.306
Aggravation of preservice disability
How the Board has used this section
38.2%
Any-grant when cited
50,938
Decisions citing it
Approx. 38.2% 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 5276 , Flatfoot, acquired4,320 decisionsDC 6842 , Kyphoscoliosis, pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum372 decisionsDC 5239 , Spondylolisthesis or segmental instability284 decisionsDC 6042 , Retinal dystrophy (including retinitis pigmentosa, wet or dry macular degeneration, early-onset macular degeneration, rod and/or cone dystrophy)203 decisionsDC 5110 , Loss of use of both feet598 decisionsDC 5278 , Claw foot (pes cavus), acquired113 decisionsDC 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder137 decisionsDC 8911 , Epilepsy, petit mal287 decisions
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