38 CFR Part 4, Rating Schedule

38 CFR § 4.76a

Computation of average concentric contraction of visual fields

Comes up as the calculation method behind ratings for concentric contraction of the visual field.

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48.6%
granted at least one issue
1,409
published decisions citing it

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Open-angle glaucoma (DC 6013)201about this conditionDiabetic retinopathy (DC 6040)190about this conditionDiabetes mellitus (DC 7913)142about this conditionCataract (DC 6027)138about this conditionHypertensive vascular disease (hypertension and isolated systolic hypertension) (DC 7101)115about this conditionScars, other; and other effects of scars evaluated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 7802, or 7804 (DC 7805)101about this condition

What this regulation says, in plain English

This section provides the reference table of normal visual field degrees at each compass direction (meridian) used to calculate how much a veteran's visual field has narrowed, and works through an example computation.

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Example of computation of concentric contraction under the schedule with abnormal findings taken from Figure 1.

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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155)

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