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RIN: 2900-AN01

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Presumptive Service Connection for Disease Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents: AL Amyloidosis
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for a certain disease based on the most recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine committee report "Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2006 (Update 2006)." This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that evidence warrants a presumption of service connection based on exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of AL amyloidosis.
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3
Legal Authority: 38 USC 501(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/03/2008	73 FR 65280
NPRM Comment Period End	01/02/2009
Final Action	10/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: thomas.kniffen@va.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Thomas Kniffen Compensation Service (211D) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 461-9725 Fax:202 275-1728 Email: thomas.kniffen@va.gov