---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 4.128"
title: "38"
number: "4.128"
heading: "Convalescence ratings following extended hospitalization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/4.128"
---

# §4.128. Convalescence ratings following extended hospitalization.


If a mental disorder has been assigned a total evaluation due to a continuous period of hospitalization lasting six months or more, the rating agency shall continue the total evaluation indefinitely and schedule a mandatory examination six months after the veteran is discharged or released to nonbed care. A change in evaluation based on that or any subsequent examination shall be subject to the provisions of [§ 3.105(e)](/cfr/38/3.105.md?p=e) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 52700, Oct. 8, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 6718, May 22, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 52700, Oct. 8, 1996]