38 CFR Part 4, Rating Schedule

38 CFR § 4.131

Former mental-disorders provision

A veteran might see this citation in an older Board decision predating the current mental disorders rating formula.

VA removed this section from the current regulations. Older Board decisions still cite it.

How the Board actually uses this section

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38.3%

granted at least one issue

274

published decisions citing it

The grant figure reflects the mix of claims where this section comes up, not the legal merit of any single claim.

Read the 274 decisions citing § 4.131

The conditions it decides

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (DC 9411)140about this condition

What this regulation says, in plain English

This section number used to hold an older mental disorders rating rule that VA has since removed. It no longer applies to current claims, but an older Board decision may still cite it.

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