38 CFR Part 4 — Schedule for Rating Disabilities
Subpart A — General Policy in Rating
- § 4.1— Essentials of evaluative rating.
- § 4.2— Interpretation of examination reports.
- § 4.3— Resolution of reasonable doubt.
- § 4.6— Evaluation of evidence.
- § 4.7— Higher of two evaluations.
- § 4.9— Congenital or developmental defects.
- § 4.10— Functional impairment.
- § 4.13— Effect of change of diagnosis.
- § 4.14— Avoidance of pyramiding.
- § 4.15— Total disability ratings.
- § 4.16— Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual.
- § 4.17— Total disability ratings for pension based on unemployability and age of the individual.
- § 4.17a— Misconduct etiology.
- § 4.18— Unemployability.
- § 4.19— Age in service-connected claims.
- § 4.20— Analogous ratings.
- § 4.21— Application of rating schedule.
- § 4.22— Rating of disabilities aggravated by active service.
- § 4.23— Attitude of rating officers.
- § 4.24— Correspondence.
- § 4.25— Combined ratings table.
- § 4.26— Bilateral factor.
- § 4.27— Use of diagnostic code numbers.
- § 4.28— Prestabilization rating from date of discharge from service.
- § 4.29— Ratings for service-connected disabilities requiring hospital treatment or observation.
- § 4.30— Convalescent ratings.
- § 4.31— Zero percent evaluations.
Subpart B — Disability Ratings
- § 4.40— Functional loss.
- § 4.41— History of injury.
- § 4.42— Complete medical examination of injury cases.
- § 4.43— Osteomyelitis.
- § 4.44— The bones.
- § 4.45— The joints.
- § 4.46— Accurate measurement.
- § 4.55— Principles of combined ratings for muscle injuries.
- § 4.56— Evaluation of muscle disabilities.
- § 4.57— Static foot deformities.
- § 4.58— Arthritis due to strain.
- § 4.59— Painful motion.
- § 4.61— Examination.
- § 4.62— Circulatory disturbances.
- § 4.63— Loss of use of hand or foot.
- § 4.64— Loss of use of both buttocks.
- § 4.66— Sacroiliac joint.
- § 4.67— Pelvic bones.
- § 4.68— Amputation rule.
- § 4.69— Dominant hand.
- § 4.70— Inadequate examinations.
- § 4.71— Measurement of ankylosis and joint motion.
- § 4.75— General considerations for evaluating visual impairment.
- § 4.76— Visual acuity.
- § 4.76a— Computation of average concentric contraction of visual fields.
- § 4.77— Visual fields.
- § 4.78— Muscle function.
- § 4.85— Evaluation of hearing impairment.
- § 4.86— Exceptional patterns of hearing impairment.
- § 4.88a— Chronic fatigue syndrome.
- § 4.89— Ratings for inactive nonpulmonary tuberculosis in effect on August 19, 1968.
- § 4.96— Special provisions regarding evaluation of respiratory conditions.
- § 4.100— Application of the general rating formula for diseases of the heart.
- § 4.112— Weight loss and nutrition.
- § 4.113— Coexisting abdominal conditions.
- § 4.114— Schedule of ratings—digestive system.
- § 4.115— Nephritis.
- § 4.115a— Ratings of the genitourinary system—dysfunctions.
- § 4.118— Schedule of ratings—skin.
- § 4.120— Evaluations by comparison.
- § 4.121— Identification of epilepsy.
- § 4.122— Psychomotor epilepsy.
- § 4.123— Neuritis, cranial or peripheral.
- § 4.124— Neuralgia, cranial or peripheral.
- § 4.125— Diagnosis of mental disorders.
- § 4.126— Evaluation of disability from mental disorders.
- § 4.127— Intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) and personality disorders.
- § 4.128— Convalescence ratings following extended hospitalization.
- § 4.129— Mental disorders due to traumatic stress.
- § 4.130— Schedule of ratings—Mental disorders.