Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 3.340

Total disability ratings

How the Board has used this section

60.7%

Any-grant when cited

89,448

Decisions citing it

Approx. 60.7% 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 8513 , Paralysis of all radicular groups160 decisions DC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)156 decisions DC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)124 decisions DC 8514 , Paralysis of musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)110 decisions DC 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of362 decisions DC 7017 , Coronary bypass surgery194 decisions DC 7530 , Chronic renal disease requiring regular dialysis202 decisions DC 8720 , Neuralgia of sciatic nerve184 decisions

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