Rule2021-25931
Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Cardiovascular System; Correction
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Published
November 29, 2021
Effective
November 29, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
On September 30, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published in the Federal Register a final rule that amended the portion of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities ("VASRD" or "rating schedule") that addresses the cardiovascular system. This correction addresses the application of the general rating formula for diseases of the heart in the published final rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 226 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25931]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 4
RIN 2900-AQ67
Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Cardiovascular System;
Correction
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: On September 30, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
published in the Federal Register a final rule that amended the portion
of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (``VASRD'' or ``rating
schedule'') that addresses the cardiovascular system. This correction
addresses the application of the general rating formula for diseases of
the heart in the published final rule.
DATES: This correction is effective November 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Reynolds, M.D., VASRD Program
Management Office (210), Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9700. (This is not a toll-free
telephone number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is correcting its regulations, which
published under ``Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Cardiovascular
System'' (RIN 2900-AQ67), on September 30, 2021, in the Federal
Register at 86 FR 54089. The error is with Sec. 4.100 Application of
the general rating formula for diseases of the heart. VA removed left
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from the general rating formula
for diseases of the heart but failed to remove every reference to LVEF
in its evaluation criteria. Paragraph (c) of Sec. 4.100 of title 38
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provides instructions for addressing
situations where LVEF is not of record. These instructions are no
longer relevant considering the removal of LVEF from consideration in
evaluating heart diseases. VA is correcting that error by removing
paragraph (c).
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 4
Disability benefits, Pensions, Veterans.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR part 4 is corrected
by making the following correcting amendment:
PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES
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1. The authority citation for part 4 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 4.100 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 4.100 by removing paragraph (c).
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-25931 Filed 11-26-21; 8:45 am]
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