Rating Regulation

38 CFR § 4.85

Evaluation of hearing impairment

How the Board has used this section

32.1%

Any-grant when cited

46,929

Decisions citing it

Approx. 32.1% 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 6201 , Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media with effusion (serous otitis media)436 decisions DC 6100 , Hearing loss42,724 decisions DC 6211 , Tympanic membrane, perforation of104 decisions DC 6200 , Chronic suppurative otitis media, mastoiditis, or cholesteatoma (or any combination)142 decisions DC 6205 , Meniere's syndrome (endolymphatic hydrops)155 decisions DC 6210 , Chronic otitis externa124 decisions DC 6204 , Peripheral vestibular disorders686 decisions DC 6260 , Tinnitus, recurrent7,341 decisions

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