[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR4.6]

[Page 364]
 
            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.