Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.321
General rating considerations and extraschedular evaluation
How the Board has used this section
45.1%
Any-grant when cited
218,775
Decisions citing it
Approx. 45.1% 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 9904 , Mandible, malunion of105 decisionsDC 5200 , Scapulohumeral articulation, ankylosis of1,872 decisionsDC 5256 , Knee, ankylosis of188 decisionsDC 8521 , Paralysis of external popliteal nerve (common peroneal)519 decisionsDC 5212 , Radius, impairment of448 decisionsDC 6211 , Tympanic membrane, perforation of188 decisionsDC 5296 , Skull, loss of part of, both inner and outer tables133 decisionsDC 5211 , Ulna, impairment of100 decisions
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