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M21-1 and 38 CFR changes, week of Nov 29, 2021

2 38 CFR sections changed this week. Each change shows the passages added and removed, compared with the previous stored version.

38 CFR

Awards under the Nehmer Court Orders for disability or death caused by a condition presumptively associated with herbicide exposure.

Dec 2, 2021

Added

  • For purposes of this section—
  • (e) Effect of other provisions affecting retroactive entitlement—(1) General.
  • (f) Payment of Benefits to Survivors or Estates of Deceased Beneficiaries—(1) General.
  • 86 FR 68410, Dec.

and 2 more added passages

Removed

  • For purposes of this section -
  • (e) Effect of other provisions affecting retroactive entitlement - (1) General.
  • (f) Payment of Benefits to Survivors or Estates of Deceased Beneficiaries - (1) General.
  • If, following such efforts, VA releases the full amount of unpaid benefits to a payee, VA may not thereafter pay any portion of such benefits to any other individual, unless VA is able to recover the payment previously released.

and 1 more removed passages

Application of the general rating formula for diseases of the heart.

Nov 29, 2021

Added

  • 86 FR 67654, Nov.

and 2 more added passages

Removed

  • (c) If left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) testing is not of record, evaluate based on the alternative criteria unless the examiner states that the LVEF test is needed in a particular case because the available medical information does not sufficiently reflect the severity of the veteran's cardiovascular disability.

and 1 more removed passages

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