Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 3.385
Disability from diseases and injuries of the ear
How the Board has used this section
48.8%
Any-grant when cited
93,532
Decisions citing it
Approx. 48.8% 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 6100 , Hearing loss84,754 decisionsDC 6260 , Tinnitus, recurrent34,597 decisionsDC 6211 , Tympanic membrane, perforation of107 decisionsDC 6200 , Chronic suppurative otitis media, mastoiditis, or cholesteatoma (or any combination)135 decisionsDC 6201 , Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media with effusion (serous otitis media)274 decisionsDC 6066 , Visual acuity in one eye 10/200 (3/60) or better155 decisionsDC 6000 , Choroidopathy, including uveitis, iritis, cyclitis, or choroiditis222 decisionsDC 6210 , Chronic otitis externa143 decisions
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