{"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/regulation-changes/2022-02-14","generated_at":"2026-10-03T18:33:49.927Z","data_as_of":{"decisions":944125,"first_year":2017,"last_year":2026,"latest_decision":"2026-04-30","cfr":"2026-10-01","m21":"2026-09-29"},"about":{"publisher":"CaseScribe AI (VA Law Explorer)","source":"Public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions (appeals of VA decisions, not VA's first decisions), M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual, 38 CFR Parts 3 and 4.","method":"Outcomes are issue-level: each condition the Board decided in a decision counts once. Decision data is extracted by AI and can contain errors. Rates describe past appeals and do not predict any claim.","disclaimer":"For research only. CaseScribe AI is not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Verify figures against the source decisions and regulations.","attribution":"Cite as: VA Law Explorer, CaseScribe AI, with the page URL."},"data":{"week_of":"2022-02-14","changes":[{"source":"38 CFR","section":"Total disability ratings for compensation purposes.","date":"2022-02-16","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-3.341","formatting_only":false,"added":["Each time a veteran is rated totally disabled on the basis of individual unemployability during the period beginning after January 31, 1985, the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Service will be notified so that an evaluation may be offered to determine whether the achievement of a vocational goal by the veteran is reasonably feasible.","68 FR 34542, June 10, 2003;","87 FR 8742, Feb.","16, 2022]"],"removed":["Each time a veteran is rated totally disabled on the basis of individual unemployability during the period beginning after January 31, 1985, the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service will be notified so that an evaluation may be offered to determine whether the achievement of a vocational goal by the veteran is reasonably feasible.","68 FR 34542, June 10, 2003]"]},{"source":"38 CFR","section":"Permanent and total disability ratings for pension purposes.","date":"2022-02-16","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-3.342","formatting_only":false,"added":["(1) When a veteran under age 45 is awarded disability pension during the period beginning on February 1, 1985, and ending on December 31, 1995, the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division will be notified so that an evaluation may be made, as provided in § 21.6050, to determine that veteran's potential for rehabilitation.","58 FR 32445, June 10, 1993;","87 FR 8742, Feb.","16, 2022]"],"removed":["(1) When a veteran under age 45 is awarded disability pension during the period beginning on February 1, 1985, and ending on December 31, 1995, the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Division will be notified so that an evaluation may be made, as provided in § 21.6050, to determine that veteran's potential for rehabilitation.","58 FR 32445, June 10, 1993]"]}]}}