Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 3.816

Effective dates for Agent Orange (Nehmer) claims

How the Board has used this section

41.4%

Any-grant when cited

4,073

Decisions citing it

Approx. 41.4% 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

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