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VA | RIN: 2900-AP38 | Publication ID: Spring 2015 |
Title: ●Agency Interpretation of Prosthetic Replacement of a Joint | |
Abstract:
The Department of Veterans Affairs is publishing interpretive guidance for diagnostic codes (DCs) 5051 through 5056, which establish rating criteria for prosthetic implant replacements of joints of the musculoskeletal system. The Schedule for Rating Disabilities under these DCs allows for a one-year, 100 percent disability evaluation upon prosthetic replacement of a joint. This final rule clarifies that VA’s longstanding interpretation of DCs 5051 through 5056 is that a 100 percent evaluation will be in place for a period of one year when the total joint, rather than the partial joint, has been replaced by a prosthetic implant. |
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Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 4.71a, Diagnostic Codes 5051-5056 | |
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 38 U.S.C. 1155 |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Stephanie Li Chief, Regulations Staff (211D), Loan Guaranty Service Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 461-9700 Email: stephanie.li@va.gov |