Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.307
Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical, or PoW conditions
How the Board has used this section
39.9%
Any-grant when cited
316,362
Decisions citing it
Approx. 39.9% 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 8004 , Paralysis agitans1,580 decisionsDC 5329 , Sarcoma, soft tissue (of muscle, fat, or fibrous connective tissue)—100292 decisionsDC 8615 , Neuritis of median nerve226 decisionsDC 7829 , Chloracne1,345 decisionsDC 7815 , Bullous disorders (including pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceous, bullous pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, benign chronic familial pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey), and porphyria cutanea tarda)415 decisionsDC 6320 , Parasitic diseases otherwise not specified175 decisionsDC 7312 , Cirrhosis of the liver310 decisionsDC 9918 , Neoplasm, hard and soft tissue, malignant109 decisions
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