Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.15

Total disability ratings

How the Board has used this section

55.9%

Any-grant when cited

33,392

Decisions citing it

Approx. 55.9% 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 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of120 decisions DC 5200 , Scapulohumeral articulation, ankylosis of145 decisions DC 9433 , Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)104 decisions DC 9434 , Major depressive disorder1,463 decisions

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