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title: "§ 4.19 Age in service-connected claims."
document: "38 CFR"
section: "§ 4.19"
canonical: "https://veteranai.co/va-regulations/38-cfr/4.19-age-in-service-connected-claims"
source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-4.19"
updated: "2026-09-07T14:36:17.683010Z"
---

# § 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]