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General rules in VA's rating schedule
The full text of each section below, one of the general rules in VA's Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
- § 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
- § 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
- § 4.96 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
- § 4.115 Nephritis
- § 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
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