Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.113

Coexisting abdominal conditions

How the Board has used this section

58.4%

Any-grant when cited

3,239

Decisions citing it

Approx. 58.4% 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

DC 7346 , Hiatal hernia and paraesophageal hernia367 decisions DC 7206 , Gastroesophageal reflux disease1,189 decisions DC 7304 , Peptic ulcer disease384 decisions DC 7319 , Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)563 decisions DC 7336 , Hemorrhoids, external or internal133 decisions DC 6510 , Sinusitis, pansinusitis, chronic102 decisions DC 8100 , Migraine238 decisions DC 7805 , Scars, other; and other effects of scars evaluated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 7802, or 7804130 decisions

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