VA Disability Rating for C-cell hyperplasia of the thyroid (DC 7919)

Body system: Endocrine SystemRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.119DBQ: DBQ ENDO Thyroid & Parathyroid

C-cell hyperplasia of the thyroid is when certain cells in your thyroid gland grow abnormally. The VA doesn't rate this condition directly under this code - instead, they use different rating codes depending on your treatment. If you need cancer treatment (chemotherapy or radiation), they'll rate it as thyroid cancer under code 7914. If doctors remove your thyroid as a preventive measure due to genetic testing, they'll rate it as hypothyroidism under code 7903.

Rating levels

  • Note — C-cell hyperplasia is an overgrowth of the calcitonin-producing cells of the thyroid, which can precede medullary thyroid cancer. The regulation gives it no percentages of its own: if you need cancer treatment (antineoplastic therapy), it is rated as a malignant thyroid neoplasm under DC 7914; if your thyroid was removed as a precaution because of genetic testing and no cancer treatment is needed, it is rated as hypothyroidism under DC 7903.

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Hyperthyroidism, including, but not limited to, Graves' disease (DC 7900)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7900.
Thyroid enlargement, toxic (DC 7901)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7901.
Thyroid enlargement, nontoxic (DC 7902)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7902.
Hypothyroidism (DC 7903)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7903.
Hyperparathyroidism (DC 7904)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7904.