Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.344
Stabilization of disability evaluations
How the Board has used this section
69.1%
Any-grant when cited
20,237
Decisions citing it
Approx. 69.1% 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 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of188 decisionsDC 7528 , Malignant neoplasms of the genitourinary system932 decisionsDC 7804 , Scar(s), unstable or painful235 decisionsDC 7715 , Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma125 decisionsDC 5257 , Knee, other impairment of1,685 decisionsDC 9201 , Schizophrenia348 decisionsDC 5200 , Scapulohumeral articulation, ankylosis of130 decisionsDC 5242 , Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (also, see either DC 5003 or 5010)1,021 decisions
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