Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 4.69
Dominant hand
How the Board has used this section
56.7%
Any-grant when cited
6,312
Decisions citing it
Approx. 56.7% 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 groups121 decisionsDC 5200 , Scapulohumeral articulation, ankylosis of480 decisionsDC 8510 , Paralysis of upper radicular group (fifth and sixth cervicals)106 decisionsDC 5212 , Radius, impairment of109 decisionsDC 5303 , Group III. Function: Elevation and abduction of arm to level of shoulder; act with 1 and 2 of Group II in forward and backward swing of arm. Intrinsic muscles of shoulder girdle: (1) Pectoralis major I (clavicular); (2) deltoid286 decisionsDC 5304 , Group IV. Function: Stabilization of shoulder against injury in strong movements, holding head of humerus in socket; abduction; outward rotation and inward rotation of arm. Intrinsic muscles of shoulder girdle: (1) Supraspinatus; (2) infraspinatus and teres minor; (3) subscapularis; (4) coracobrachialis248 decisionsDC 8516 , Paralysis of ulnar nerve184 decisionsDC 5215 , Wrist, limitation of motion of216 decisions
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