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38 C.F.R. 38 CFR--PART 3

Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

Amendment from July 28, 2006

38 CFR--PART 3

View Printed Federal Register page 71 FR 42760 in PDF format.

Amendment(s) published July 28, 2006, in 71 FR 42760

Effective Date(s): August 28, 2006

2. Section 3.384 is added under the undesignated center heading

“Rating Considerations Relative to Specific Diseases” to read as follows:

§ 3.384   Psychosis.

For purposes of this part, the term “psychosis” means any of the following disorders listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision, of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM–IV–TR):

(a) Brief Psychotic Disorder;

(b) Delusional Disorder;

(c) Psychotic Disorder Due to General Medical Condition;

(d) Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified;

(e) Schizoaffective Disorder;

(f) Schizophrenia;

(g) Schizophreniform Disorder;

(h) Shared Psychotic Disorder; and

(i) Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 1101, 1112(a) and (b))