Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 3.341

Total disability ratings for compensation purposes

How the Board has used this section

62.5%

Any-grant when cited

83,697

Decisions citing it

Approx. 62.5% 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 groups155 decisions DC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)127 decisions DC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)149 decisions DC 8514 , Paralysis of musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)106 decisions DC 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of353 decisions DC 7017 , Coronary bypass surgery189 decisions DC 8720 , Neuralgia of sciatic nerve175 decisions DC 8620 , Neuritis of sciatic nerve213 decisions

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