Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 4.118
Schedule of ratings: skin
How the Board has used this section
51.5%
Any-grant when cited
53,141
Decisions citing it
Approx. 51.5% 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 7804 , Scar(s), unstable or painful3,635 decisionsDC 7801 , Burn scar(s) or scar(s) due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck, that are associated with underlying soft tissue damage251 decisionsDC 7800 , Burn scar(s) of the head, face, or neck; scar(s) of the head, face, or neck due to other causes; or other disfigurement of the head, face, or neck2,790 decisionsDC 7805 , Scars, other; and other effects of scars evaluated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 7802, or 780415,430 decisionsDC 7813 , Dermatophytosis (ringworm: Of body, tinea corporis; of head, tinea capitis; of feet, tinea pedis; of beard area, tinea barbae; of nails, tinea unguium (onychomycosis); of inguinal area (jock itch), tinea cruris; tinea versicolor)4,299 decisionsDC 7820 , Infections of the skin not listed elsewhere (including bacterial, fungal, viral, treponemal, and parasitic diseases)1,987 decisionsDC 7825 , Chronic urticaria255 decisionsDC 7824 , Diseases of keratinization (including icthyoses, Darier's disease, and palmoplantar keratoderma)349 decisions
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