[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 38, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 38CFR4.19]



[Page 369]

 

            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. 4.19  Age in service-connected claims.



    Age may not be considered as a factor in evaluating service-

connected disability; and unemployability, in service-connected claims, 

associated with advancing age or intercurrent disability, may not be 

used as a basis for a total disability rating. Age, as such, is a factor 

only in evaluations of disability not resulting from service, i.e., for 

the purposes of pension.



[29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 43 FR 45349, Oct. 2, 1978]