[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: 38CFR4.6]



[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. 4.6  Evaluation of evidence.



    The element of the weight to be accorded the character of the 

veteran's service is but one factor entering into the considerations of 

the rating boards in arriving at determinations of the evaluation of 

disability. Every element in any way affecting the probative value to be 

assigned to the evidence in each individual claim must be thoroughly and 

conscientiously studied by each member of the rating board in the light 

of the established policies of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the 

end that decisions will be equitable and just as contemplated by the 

requirements of the law.