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38 CFR 3.310: Disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Legal Information Institute, n.d.
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- What it is
- The VA regulation on secondary service connection. It says that a disability caused by, or resulting from, a service-connected disease or injury is itself service connected, and it covers conditions aggravated by a service-connected condition.
- How much weight it carries
- The codified regulation text, reproduced by Cornell LII from the eCFR. Whether a particular claim succeeds depends on medical evidence, which the regulation requires.
Facts taken from this source
- The VA regulation says that a disability proximately due to, or the result of, a service-connected disease or injury is itself service connected.
“disability which is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury shall be service connected” (38 CFR 3.310(a), General)