Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief |
Chapter I - Department of Veterans Affairs |
Part 4 - Schedule for Rating Disabilities |
Subpart A - General Policy in Rating |
§ 4.19 - Age in service-connected claims.
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§ 4.19 Age in service-connected claims.
Age may not be considered as a factor in evaluating service-connected disability; and unemployability, in service-connected claims, associated with advancing age or intercurrent disability, may not be used as a basis for a total disability rating. Age, as such, is a factor only in evaluations of disability not resulting from service, i.e., for the purposes of pension.
[29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 43 FR 45349, Oct. 2, 1978]