Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 4.42
Complete medical examination of injury cases
How the Board has used this section
36.9%
Any-grant when cited
5,320
Decisions citing it
Approx. 36.9% 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 5010 , Post-traumatic arthritis154 decisionsDC 5235 , Vertebral fracture or dislocation146 decisionsDC 5257 , Knee, other impairment of539 decisionsDC 5262 , Tibia and fibula, impairment of104 decisionsDC 7805 , Scars, other; and other effects of scars evaluated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 7802, or 7804262 decisionsDC 5237 , Lumbosacral or cervical strain583 decisionsDC 5271 , Ankle, limited motion of154 decisionsDC 5242 , Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (also, see either DC 5003 or 5010)219 decisions
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