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PREC 10-95 Use of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in Claims based on Mental Disorders

PREC 10-95    Use of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in Claims based on Mental Disorders     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen Couns. Prec. 10-95, VAOPGCPREC 10-95, 1995

QUESTION PRESENTED:

 

 

To what extent must the Board of Veterans' Appeals employ the nomenclature, diagnostic criteria, and adaptive-func-tioning scale of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, in determining appeals involving issues of service connection and rating of mental disorders?

 

 

 



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