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    <CFRTITLE>38</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2006-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2006-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Mental disorders due to traumatic stress.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>4.129</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 4.129</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 38" SEQ="4">Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 4" SEQ="2">SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart B" SEQ="1">Disability Ratings</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Mental Disorders</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 4.129</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Mental disorders due to traumatic stress.</SUBJECT>
    <P>When a mental disorder that develops in service as a result of a highly stressful event is severe enough to bring about the veteran's release from active military service, the rating agency shall assign an evaluation of not less than 50 percent and schedule an examination within the six month period following the veteran's discharge to determine whether a change in evaluation is warranted.</P>
    <SECAUTH>(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155)</SECAUTH>
    <CITA>[61 FR 52700, Oct. 8, 1996]</CITA>
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