[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: 38CFR4.68]

[Page 379]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 4_SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Disability Ratings
 
Sec. 4.68  Amputation rule.

    The combined rating for disabilities of an extremity shall not 
exceed the rating for the amputation at the elective level, were 
amputation to be performed. For example, the combined evaluations for 
disabilities below the knee shall not exceed the 40 percent evaluation, 
diagnostic code 5165. This 40 percent rating may be further combined 
with evaluation for disabilities above the knee but not to exceed the 
above the knee amputation elective level. Painful neuroma of a stump 
after amputation shall be assigned the evaluation for the elective site 
of reamputation.