M21-1 and 38 CFR changes, week of Aug 5, 2019

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• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.1, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Removed

• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.1, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• (g) Railroad retirement benefits—(1) Parents, surviving spouses and children.
• (j) Commercial insurance—(1) Annuity or endowment insurance.
• (k) Property—(1) Ownership.
• (q) Volunteer programs—(1) Payments under Foster Grandparent Program and Older Americans Community Service Programs.
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.262, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

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• (g) Railroad retirement benefits - (1) Parents, surviving spouses and children.
• (j) Commercial insurance - (1) Annuity or endowment insurance.
• (k) Property - (1) Ownership.
• (q) Volunteer programs - (1) Payments under Foster Grandparent Program and Older Americans Community Service Programs.
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.262, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.272, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Removed

• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.272, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.309, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Removed

• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.309, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• (b) Disability benefits—(1) Disability pension (§ 3.3).
• (2) Disability compensation—(i) Direct service connection (§ 3.4(b)).
• (c) Death benefits—(1) Death in service (38 U.S.C.
• (4) Dependency and indemnity compensation—(i) Deaths prior to January 1, 1957 (§ 3.702).
• §§ 3.109, 3.156, 3.157—(1) General.
• (q) New and material evidence (§ 3.156) other than service department records—(1) Received within appeal period or prior to appellate decision.
• § 3.55)—(1) Void.
• § 3.55)—(1) Void.

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• (b) Disability benefits - (1) Disability pension (§ 3.3).
• (2) Disability compensation - (i) Direct service connection (§ 3.4(b)).
• (c) Death benefits - (1) Death in service (38 U.S.C.
• (4) Dependency and indemnity compensation - (i) Deaths prior to January 1, 1957 (§ 3.702).
• §§ 3.109, 3.156, 3.157 - (1) General.
• (q) New and material evidence (§ 3.156) other than service department records - (1) Received within appeal period or prior to appellate decision.
• § 3.55) - (1) Void.
• § 3.55) - (1) Void.

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• 5112 (a), (b))—(1) Payee (includes apportionee).
• 101(3), 5112 (b))—(1) Payee (includes apportionee).
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.500, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Removed

• 5112 (a), (b)) - (1) Payee (includes apportionee).
• 101(3), 5112 (b)) - (1) Payee (includes apportionee).
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.500, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• (h) Hospitalization—(1) General.
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.551, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Removed

• (h) Hospitalization - (1) General.
• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.551, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.7, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

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• Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 3.7, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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• Rate any residual disability of infection within the appropriate body system as indicated by the notes in the evaluation criteria.
• As applicable, consider the long-term health effects potentially associated with infectious diseases as listed in § 3.317(d) of this chapter, specifically Brucellosis, Campylobacter jejuni, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), Malaria, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Nontyphoid Salmonella, Shigella, Visceral Leishmaniasis, and West Nile virus.
• General Rating Formula for Infectious Diseases:
• For active disease | 100
• After active disease has resolved, rate at 0 percent for infection.
• Rate any residual disability of infection within the appropriate body system.
• 6300 Vibriosis (Cholera, Non-cholera):

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• Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 28230, June 18, 2019.
• 6300 Cholera, Asiatic:
• As active disease, and for 3 months convalescence | 100
• Thereafter rate residuals such as renal necrosis under the appropriate system |
• 6301 Visceral Leishmaniasis:
• During treatment for active disease | 100
• A 100 percent evaluation shall continue beyond the cessation of treatment for active disease.
• Six months after discontinuance of such treatment, the appropriate disability rating shall be determined by mandatory VA examination.

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