CLAIM RECON INTEL

How rating-criteria content is sourced, reviewed, and updated.

Condition-page rating criteria are quoted verbatim from 38 C.F.R. Part 4 (Schedule for Rating Disabilities). Each verified entry shows a ✓ VERIFIED AGAINST 38 C.F.R. badge with the section, review date, and reviewer. Entries without that badge have not yet been verified against the live regulation text — read them with that caveat.

VA disability rating criteria, secondary connection patterns, and C&P exam guidance for ~800 conditions. All content is educational reference only — not legal advice, not medical advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Reading the site does not establish any advisor-client relationship.

38 C.F.R. Part 4 (Schedule for Rating Disabilities), as published by the U.S. Office of the Federal Register. The authoritative government-hosted text is available on eCFR:

During editorial review we fetch regulation text from the Cornell Law Legal Information Institute (law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38), which mirrors the current eCFR text in a fetch-friendly format. eCFR.gov remains the authoritative source; the Cornell mirror is used solely to facilitate text-comparison during review.

For each entry that has been editorially reviewed:

• A member of the Claim Recon Editorial Team fetches the current regulation text for the applicable § 4.X section
• The rating-criteria text on the condition page is verified to match the regulation verbatim (or, for "by analogy" ratings, to accurately describe the analogous framework)
• The condition's page surfaces the ✓ VERIFIED AGAINST 38 C.F.R.badge with the date of verification, the reviewer's name, and a link to the eCFR section
• The page's structured data (Article + MedicalCondition JSON-LD) reflects the same review date via dateModified and reviewedBy

Verified entries are re-reviewed when:

• The underlying regulation changes
• Internal audit identifies a discrepancy between page text and regulation text
• A reader flags an inaccuracy (see Corrections below)

If you find a discrepancy between any rating-criteria text and the current 38 C.F.R., or if you have evidence that a citation is outdated, please email cope@claimrecon.com. Include the condition URL and a description of the discrepancy. We respond to corrections promptly and prioritize regulation-text mismatches.