Exceptions to Applying the Bilateral Factor in VA Disability Calculations
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Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend the regulation governing the bilateral factor for diseases and injuries of both arms, both legs, or paired skeletal muscles. More specifically, this interim final rule will allow VA adjudicators to exclude certain disabilities that would be calculated using the bilateral factor to determine the combined evaluation if, by their exclusion, a higher combined evaluation can be achieved.
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