38 CFR Part 4, Rating Schedule

38 CFR § 4.132

Rating formula for mental disorders (former)

A veteran might see this citation in an older Board decision that predates the current mental disorders rating scale.

VA removed this section from the current regulations. Older Board decisions still cite it.

How the Board actually uses this section

Original RateMyVSO research, catalogued from the full archive of published Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions. No other source measures how each regulation plays out at the Board.

49.3%
granted at least one issue
15,880
published decisions citing it

The grant figure reflects the mix of claims where this section comes up, not the legal merit of any single claim.

Read the 15,880 decisions citing § 4.132

The conditions it decides

Decision counts per diagnostic code. Select a bar to read those exact Board decisions.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (DC 9411)8,842about this conditionSchizophrenia (DC 9201)1,004about this conditionOther specified anxiety disorder (DC 9410)960about this conditionMajor depressive disorder (DC 9434)949about this conditionGeneralized anxiety disorder (DC 9400)487about this conditionPersistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) (DC 9433)338about this conditionBipolar disorder (DC 9432)327about this conditionSchizoaffective disorder (DC 9211)102about this condition

What this regulation says, in plain English

This section number used to hold a former rating formula for mental disorders that VA has since replaced with the current § 4.130 formula. It no longer applies to current claims, but older Board decisions may still cite it.

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