Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.309
Presumptive service connection: chronic, tropical, or PoW diseases (list)
How the Board has used this section
40.2%
Any-grant when cited
335,992
Decisions citing it
Approx. 40.2% 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 5329 , Sarcoma, soft tissue (of muscle, fat, or fibrous connective tissue)—100318 decisionsDC 8004 , Paralysis agitans1,623 decisionsDC 8615 , Neuritis of median nerve234 decisionsDC 7829 , Chloracne1,361 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)421 decisionsDC 6320 , Parasitic diseases otherwise not specified188 decisionsDC 9918 , Neoplasm, hard and soft tissue, malignant119 decisionsDC 8540 , Soft-tissue sarcoma (of neurogenic origin)110 decisions
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