[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: 38CFR4.20]



[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. 4.20  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.