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What you have to prove, and for which condition

Find the condition the way you would say it, see the diagnostic code and the percentages its criteria allow, then see what service connection takes. Every rule links to the section it comes from.

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Find a condition and how it is rated

Every diagnostic code in the rating schedule, with the percentages its criteria allow. Type it the way you would say it; spelling does not have to be exact.

What you have to prove

Service connection can be reached more than one way. Each way has its own elements, and each element needs evidence behind it. VA must resolve reasonable doubt in your favor () and help you gather records ().

Choose a way to connect the condition.

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Sources. Regulation text is read live from our library, loaded from the official Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR); each section shows its edition, the date its text took that form. Rates are set by 38 U.S.C. 1114 and 1115 and change every December. This is information, not legal advice.