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M21-1 and 38 CFR changes, week of Jan 8, 2018

1 38 CFR section changed this week. Each change shows the passages added and removed, compared with the previous stored version.

38 CFR

General rating considerations.

Jan 8, 2018

Added

  • (b) Extra-schedular ratings in unusual cases - (1) Disability compensation.
  • Ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity with the additional proviso that the Secretary shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with experience.
  • To accord justice to the exceptional case where the schedular evaluation is inadequate to rate a single service-connected disability, the Director of Compensation Service or his or her delegate is authorized to approve on the basis of the criteria set forth in this paragraph (b), an extra-schedular evaluation commensurate with the average impairment of earning capacity due exclusively to the disa…
  • The governing norm in these exceptional cases is a finding by the Director of Compensation Service or delegatee that application of the regular schedular standards is impractical because the disability is so exceptional or unusual due to such related factors as marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization.
  • 82 FR 57835, Dec.

and 2 more added passages

Removed

  • Link to an amendment published at 82 FR 57835, Dec.
  • (b) Exceptional cases - (1) Compensation.
  • Ratings shall be based as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity with the additional proviso that the Secretary shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with experience.
  • To accord justice, therefore, to the exceptional case where the schedular evaluations are found to be inadequate, the Under Secretary for Benefits or the Director, Compensation Service, upon field station submission, is authorized to approve on the basis of the criteria set forth in this paragraph an extra-schedular evaluation commensurate with the average earning capacity impairment due exclusiv…
  • The governing norm in these exceptional cases is:
  • A finding that the case presents such an exceptional or unusual disability picture with such related factors as marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization as to render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.

and 2 more removed passages

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