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RIN: 2900-AN05

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Presumption of Service Connection for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its adjudication regulations to establish a presumption of service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for any veteran who develops the disease at any time after separation from service. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision by the Secretary to establish such a presumption based primarily on a November 2006 report by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the association between active service and ALS.
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 3.318
Legal Authority: 38 USC 501(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	09/23/2008	73 FR 54691
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	11/24/2008
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