Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.120

Evaluations by comparison

How the Board has used this section

67.5%

Any-grant when cited

12,526

Decisions citing it

Approx. 67.5% 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 8513 , Paralysis of all radicular groups274 decisions DC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)244 decisions DC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)288 decisions DC 8720 , Neuralgia of sciatic nerve357 decisions DC 8514 , Paralysis of musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)155 decisions DC 8620 , Neuritis of sciatic nerve311 decisions DC 8521 , Paralysis of external popliteal nerve (common peroneal)176 decisions DC 8520 , Paralysis of sciatic nerve4,836 decisions

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