Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2024

Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief last revised: Apr 30, 2024
§ 4.128 - Convalescence ratings following extended hospitalization.

If a mental disorder has been assigned a total evaluation due to a continuous period of hospitalization lasting six months or more, the rating agency shall continue the total evaluation indefinitely and schedule a mandatory examination six months after the veteran is discharged or released to nonbed care. A change in evaluation based on that or any subsequent examination shall be subject to the provisions of § 3.105(e) of this chapter.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155) [61 FR 52700, Oct. 8, 1996]
authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155,unless
source: 29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 38 CFR 4.128