# Age in service-connected claims

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## § 4.19 — Age in service-connected claims {#4.19}

*38 C.F.R. § 4.19*

Official source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-4/section-4.19>

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.