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VA RIN: 2900-AN87 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Tentative Eligibility Determinations; Presumptive Eligibility for Psychosis and Other Mental Illness 
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulation authorizing tentative eligibility determinations to comply with amended statutory authority concerning statutory minimum active-duty service requirements. VA also proposes to codify in the regulation statutory presumptions of medical-care eligibility for veterans of certain wars and conflicts who developed psychosis within specified time periods and for Persian Gulf War veterans who developed a mental illness other than psychosis within 2 years after service and within 2 years after the end of the Persian Gulf War period. Prior to this rulemaking, VA has implemented this authority without regulations. We now believe that regulations are necessary because we would interpret the law to allow VA to waive any copayments associated with care pursuant to the statutory presumption and to waive any otherwise applicable minimum service requirements. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 17.108    38 CFR 17.109    38 CFR 17.110   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 1702    PL 110-181   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2011    
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:
Roscoe G. Butler
Deputy Director, Business Policy, CBO (163)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-1586
Fax:202 273-9609
Email: roscoe.butler@va.gov