title: Schedule for rating disabilities; AL amyloidosis (primary amyloidosis). Final rule.
abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its Schedule for Rating Disabilities by updating the schedule of ratings for the hemic and lymphatic systems to include AL amyloidosis. This regulatory action is necessary to add AL amyloidosis as one of the disease conditions and establish criteria for disability evaluation to fully implement the decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grant presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure for this disease. The intended effects are to provide consistency in disability ratings and to ease tracking of AL amyloidosis for statistical analysis.
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006540:Herbicides / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D058014:Veterans Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides