38 CFR § 4.19 - Age in service-connected claims.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s4.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 4.19 - Age in service-connected claims."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "4.19"
section_name: "Age in service-connected claims."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 1155, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4"
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# 4.19 Age in service-connected claims.
Age may not be considered as a factor in evaluating service-connected disability; and unemployability, in service-connected claims, associated with advancing age or intercurrent disability, may not be used as a basis for a total disability rating. Age, as such, is a factor only in evaluations of disability not resulting from service, *i.e.*, for the purposes of pension.
[29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, as amended at 43 FR 45349, Oct. 2, 1978]