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RIN: 2900-AO44

Publication ID: Spring 2016

Title: Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Endocrine System
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to revise the portion of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (Rating Schedule) that addresses the endocrine system. The intended effect of this change is to update medical terminology, add medical conditions not currently in the Rating Schedule, revise the criteria to reflect medical advances since the last revision in 1996, and clarify the criteria.
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 4.119
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/08/2015	80 FR 39011
NPRM Comment Period End	09/08/2015
Final Rule	05/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Dr. Nick Olmos-Lau Regulations Staff (211D) Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pension Service, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 461-9695 Fax:202 275-1728 Email: nick.olmos-lau@va.gov