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VA | RIN: 2900-AI60 | Publication ID: Fall 1997 |
Title: Sensori-Neural Aids Eligibility | |
Abstract: This Interim Final Rule provides that VA will furnish needed sensori-neural aids to the following veterans: (1) Those with a compensable service-connected disability; (2) those who are former prisoners of war; (3) those in receipt of benefits under 38 USC 1151; (4) those in receipt of increased pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being permanently housebound; (5) those who have a visual or hearing impairment that resulted from the existence of another medical condition for which the veteran is receiving VA care, or which resulted from treatment of that medical condition; (6) those with a significant functional or cognitive impairment evidenced by deficiencies in the ability to perform activities of daily living, but not including routinely occurring visual or hearing impairments; and (7) those visually or hearing impaired so severely that the provision of sensori-neural aids is necessary to permit active participation in their own medical treatment. | |
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 17 | |
Legal Authority: PL 104-262 38 USC 501(a) 38 USC 1721 38 USC 1701 |
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Additional Information: VA will furnish needed hearing aids to those veterans who have service-connected hearing disabilities rated zero percent if there is organic, conductive, mixed or sensory hearing impairment and loss of pure tone hearing sensitivity in the low, mid, or high frequency range or a combination of frequency ranges which contribute to a loss of communication ability; however, hearing aids are to be provided only as needed for the service-connected hearing disability. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Agency Contact: Frederick Downs Jr. Chief, Consultant, Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Strategic Healthcare Group Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 Phone:202 273-8515 |