{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-3.385","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 3.385","heading":"Disability due to impaired hearing.","body":"For the purposes of applying the laws administered by VA, impaired hearing will be considered to be a disability when the auditory threshold in any of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 Hertz is 40 decibels or greater; or when the auditory thresholds for at least three of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000 Hertz are 26 decibels or greater; or when speech recognition scores using the Maryland CNC Test are less than 94 percent.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 3—ADJUDICATION","Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"6ec592628bc0a7db914cb3647bf4a060480538621ed78ce0474e785c13778a6b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-3.384","next":"us/38-cfr-3.400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}