Education · 38 CFR § 4.115b · Kidneys, bladder, and reproductive organs (genitourinary system) · not your rating · we do not file
Cystitis, chronic, includes interstitial and all etiologies, infectious and non-infectious VA rating (DC 7512)
VA rates cystitis, chronic, includes interstitial and all etiologies, infectious and non-infectious under diagnostic code 7512 in 38 CFR § 4.115b. The rule book lists 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 60%. Below: each level in plain English, then the exact words.
Rule-book name: Cystitis, chronic, includes interstitial and all etiologies, infectious and non-infectious. Last checked against eCFR on 2026-10-10 (eCFR issue 2026-08-27). Official text: 38 CFR § 4.115b on eCFR.
Each rating level in plain English
- 60%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads; and surgery, an implant, or a joint replacement, with dates.
- 40%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads.
- 20%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads.
- 40%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads.
- 20%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads; and how long it lasts.
- 10%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads; and how long it lasts.
- 30%: The published words look at: how often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads.
- 10%: The published words look at: a procedure to stretch the esophagus, or a stent; and how bad it is, shown by what it stops you from doing.
- 0%: The published words look at: a procedure to stretch the esophagus, or a stent.
Plain words come from our reading aid for the published words. They never add a symptom. The quotes below are the rule.
Exact words in 38 CFR § 4.115b
38 CFR 4.115a Voiding dysfunction
60% · “Continual Urine Leakage, Post Surgical Urinary Diversion, Urinary Incontinence, or Stress Incontinence: Requiring the use of an appliance or the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed more than 4 times per day”
40% · “Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed 2 to 4 times per day”
20% · “Requiring the wearing of absorbent materials which must be changed less than 2 times per day”
38 CFR 4.115a Voiding dysfunction: Urinary frequency
40% · “Daytime voiding interval less than one hour, or; awakening to void five or more times per night”
20% · “Daytime voiding interval between one and two hours, or; awakening to void three to four times per night”
10% · “Daytime voiding interval between two and three hours, or; awakening to void two times per night”
38 CFR 4.115a Voiding dysfunction: Obstructed voiding
30% · “Urinary retention requiring intermittent or continuous catheterization”
10% · “Marked obstructive symptomatology (hesitancy, slow or weak stream, decreased force of stream) with any one or combination of the following: 1. Post void residuals greater than 150 cc. 2. Uroflowmetry; markedly diminished peak flow rate (less than 10 cc/sec). 3. Recurrent urinary tract infections secondary to obstruction. 4. Stricture disease requiring periodic dilatation every 2 to 3 months”
0% · “Obstructive symptomatology with or without stricture disease requiring dilatation 1 to 2 times per year”
Source: § 4.115b Ratings of the genitourinary system—diagnoses.
Notes printed with this code
“Rate as voiding dysfunction.”
What records usually show this
VA reads these things from your records: service treatment records, VA and private treatment records, and the VA claim exam (C&P exam). The published words on this page talk about:
- How often you need to urinate day and night, and any leaks or pads: usually found in treatment notes, prescriptions, or a log you kept that show how often, when those records exist.
- Surgery, an implant, or a joint replacement, with dates: usually found in a test or exam result in your records. The rule book reads this number from the test, not from a statement.
- How long it lasts: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
- A procedure to stretch the esophagus, or a stent: usually found in treatment notes, prescriptions, or a log you kept that show how often, when those records exist.
- How bad it is, shown by what it stops you from doing: usually found in treatment notes or the VA claim exam (C&P exam) report that describe it, when those exist.
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Common questions
What percentages does the VA rating schedule list for Cystitis, chronic, includes interstitial and all etiologies, infectious and non-infectious (DC 7512)?
38 CFR § 4.115b lists 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 60% for diagnostic code 7512. VA decides which line fits from the evidence. This page is not your rating.
Where do these words come from?
They are quoted from the public eCFR copy of 38 CFR § 4.115b, last checked 2026-10-10. The official page is linked on this page so you can check every word.
Does this page tell me what my rating will be?
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