§ 3.303 Principles relating to service connection
§ 3.304 Direct service connection; wartime and peacetime
§ 3.305 Direct service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947
§ 3.306 Aggravation of preservice disability
§ 3.307 Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical, or prisoner-of-war related disease, disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, or disease associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune;
§ 3.308 Presumptive service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947
§ 3.309 Disease subject to presumptive service connection
§ 3.310 Disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury
§ 3.311 Claims based on exposure to ionizing radiation
§ 3.312 Cause of death
§ 3.313 Claims based on service in Vietnam
§ 3.314 Basic pension determinations
§ 3.315 Basic eligibility determinations; dependents, loans, education
§ 3.316 Claims based on chronic effects of exposure to mustard gas and Lewisite
§ 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf veterans
§ 3.318 Presumptive service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
§ 3.320 Claims based on exposure to fine particulate matter
§ 3.321 General rating considerations
§ 3.322 Rating of disabilities aggravated by service
§ 3.323 Combined ratings
§ 3.324 Multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities
§ 3.326 Examinations
§ 3.327 Reexaminations
§ 3.328 lndependent medical opinions
§ 3.330 Resumption of rating when veteran subsequently reports for Department of Veterans Affairs examination
§ 3.340 Total and permanent total ratings and unemployability
§ 3.341 Total disability ratings for compensation purposes
§ 3.342 Permanent and total disability ratings for pension purposes
§ 3.343 Continuance of total disability ratings
§ 3.344 Stabilization of disability evaluations

Terms Used In CFR > Title 38 > Chapter I > Part 3 > Subpart A > Ratings and Evaluations; Service Connection

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