Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.124

Neuralgia, cranial or peripheral

How the Board has used this section

66.1%

Any-grant when cited

18,562

Decisions citing it

Approx. 66.1% 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 groups315 decisions DC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)306 decisions DC 8720 , Neuralgia of sciatic nerve583 decisions DC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)321 decisions DC 8514 , Paralysis of musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)198 decisions DC 8521 , Paralysis of external popliteal nerve (common peroneal)283 decisions DC 8620 , Neuritis of sciatic nerve336 decisions DC 8516 , Paralysis of ulnar nerve369 decisions

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