Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.125

Diagnosis of mental disorders

How the Board has used this section

49.6%

Any-grant when cited

55,536

Decisions citing it

Approx. 49.6% 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 9411 , Posttraumatic stress disorder43,512 decisions DC 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder163 decisions DC 9433 , Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)328 decisions DC 9434 , Major depressive disorder4,693 decisions DC 9400 , Generalized anxiety disorder644 decisions DC 9410 , Other specified anxiety disorder1,570 decisions DC 9210 , Other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders132 decisions DC 9440 , Chronic adjustment disorder599 decisions

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