[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR4.20]

[Page 366]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A_General Policy in Rating
 
Sec. 4.20  Analogous ratings.

    When an unlisted condition is encountered it will be permissible to 
rate under a closely related disease or injury in which not only the 
functions affected, but the anatomical localization and symptomatology 
are closely analogous. Conjectural analogies will be avoided, as will 
the use of analogous ratings for conditions of doubtful diagnosis, or 
for those not fully supported by clinical and laboratory findings. Nor 
will ratings assigned to organic diseases and injuries be assigned by 
analogy to conditions of functional origin.