Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 4.16
Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual
How the Board has used this section
56.1%
Any-grant when cited
132,824
Decisions citing it
Approx. 56.1% 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 groups206 decisionsDC 8526 , Paralysis of anterior crural nerve (femoral)169 decisionsDC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)203 decisionsDC 5261 , Leg, limitation of extension of510 decisionsDC 8514 , Paralysis of musculospiral nerve (radial nerve)151 decisionsDC 8720 , Neuralgia of sciatic nerve276 decisionsDC 8521 , Paralysis of external popliteal nerve (common peroneal)201 decisionsDC 5200 , Scapulohumeral articulation, ankylosis of605 decisions
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