2900-AR51 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Exceptions to Applying the Bilateral Factor in VA Disability Calculations

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend the regulation governing the bilateral factor for diseases and injuries of both arms, both legs, or paired skeletal muscles. More specifically, this interim final rule will allow VA adjudicators to exclude certain disabilities that would be calculated using the bilateral factor to determine the combined evaluation if, by their exclusion, a higher combined evaluation can be achieved.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 38 CFR 4.26 38 U.S.C. 1155 No Interim Final Rule 04/14/2023 88 FR 22914 Interim Final Rule Effective 04/16/2023 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/13/2023 Final Action 02/00/2024 No No None No No www.regulations.gov No No Olumayowa Famakinwa 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA 202 461-9700 olumayowa.famakinwa@va.gov 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC 20420