38 C.F.R. § 4.72
[Reserved]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2021 · leading case: Lawrence M. Tropf v. R. James Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 317 (Vet. App. 2006).
Lawrence M. Tropf v. R. James Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 317 (Vet. App. 2006). “After Robertson was decided, the regulation was reorganized; a portion of 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 (1995) was merged into § 4.”
Beyrle v. Brown, 9 Vet. App. 377 (Vet. App. 1996). “Finally, a note under the title “Muscle Injuries”, currently 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 (1995), provided: In rating disability from injuries of the musculoskeletal system, attention is to be given first to the deeper structures injured, bones, joints, and nerves.”
Ulysses Copeland v. Robert A. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 333 (Vet. App. 2015). “See 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 , DC 5276-5283. When read naturally with the rest of the rating schedule, the term "injuries, other" clearly suggests that DC 5284 is a broader diagnostic code for feet.”
Moyer v. Derwinski, 2 Vet. App. 289 (Vet. App. 1992). “The BVA relied on 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 to assess the through and through wound as evidencing moderately severe damage to Muscle Group V under DC 5305, thus warranting a separate 30% disability rating.”
Holland v. Brown, 9 Vet. App. 324 (Vet. App. 1996). “The RO on remand from the Board in April 1993 awarded him a 10% rating and an effective date of March 8, 1991; however, the rating schedule, here 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 , Diagnostic Code 5293 (1995), provides for ratings higher than 10% for intervertebral disc disease of the lumbar…”
Robertson v. Brown, 5 Vet. App. 70 (Vet. App. 1993). “See 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 , DC 5320 (1992). *74 Title 38 C.”
Myler v. Derwinski, 1 Vet. App. 571 (Vet. App. 1991). “” Schedule for Rating Disabilities, notes, 44-45 (1945) (currently 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 (1991)). A “through and through” wound by a “single bullet or small shell or shrapnel fragment” was to be rated as of at least moderate degree of disability.”
190527-13911 (Board of Vet. App. 2021). “§§ 1155 , 5107; 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 , Diagnostic Code (DC) 5280.”
Lawrence M. Tropf v. R. James Nicholson (Vet. App. 2006). “After Robertson was decided, the regulation was reorganized; a portion of 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 (1995) was merged into § 4.”
09-37 483 (Board of Vet. App. 2014). “See 38 C.F.R. § 4.72 . And, the Veteran is already receiving the maximum rating under DCs 5277 (weak foot), 5279 (anterior metatarsalgia), and 5282 (hammertoes).”
10-34 001 (Board of Vet. App. 2014). “38 C.F.R. § 4.72 . Diagnostic Code (DC) 5278 provides that a noncompensable (0 percent) rating is assignable for slight acquired claw foot (pes cavus).”
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