Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.18

Unemployability

How the Board has used this section

62.6%

Any-grant when cited

11,896

Decisions citing it

Approx. 62.6% 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 8520 , Paralysis of sciatic nerve597 decisions DC 9434 , Major depressive disorder550 decisions DC 5242 , Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (also, see either DC 5003 or 5010)417 decisions DC 7114 , Peripheral arterial disease134 decisions

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