Rating Regulation
38 CFR § 4.9
Congenital or developmental defects
How the Board has used this section
31%
Any-grant when cited
14,124
Decisions citing it
Approx. 31% 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 9416 , Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder559 decisionsDC 6066 , Visual acuity in one eye 10/200 (3/60) or better261 decisionsDC 6065 , Vision in one eye 5/200 (1.5/60)1,034 decisionsDC 6000 , Choroidopathy, including uveitis, iritis, cyclitis, or choroiditis267 decisionsDC 6001 , Keratopathy128 decisionsDC 6099642 decisionsDC 6025 , Disorders of the lacrimal apparatus (epiphora, dacryocystitis, etc.)116 decisionsDC 6042 , Retinal dystrophy (including retinitis pigmentosa, wet or dry macular degeneration, early-onset macular degeneration, rod and/or cone dystrophy)114 decisions
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