[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 69554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27457]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 4

RIN 2900-AM75


Schedule for Rating Disabilities; Evaluation of Residuals of 
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Correction

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a minor correction to the final 
rulemaking that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published at 73 
FR 54693 on September 23, 2008. The rulemaking relates to a revision of 
the portion of VA's Schedule for Rating Disabilities that addresses 
neurological conditions and convulsive disorders to provide detailed 
and updated criteria for evaluating residuals of traumatic brain injury 
(TBI).

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda F. Ford, Chief, Regulations 
Staff (211D), Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9739 (This is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA published a document in the Federal 
Register on September 23, 2008, at 73 FR 54693, revising the portion of 
the Rating Schedule regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the 
Federal Register document, a period was left off the end of Note (4) of 
diagnostic code 8045 in 38 CFR 4.124a. Additionally, we provided 
updates to 38 CFR part 4, Appendices A and C to reflect the changes to 
the TBI rating criteria. An extra ``4.124a'' was erroneously added in 
Appendix A, and ``Traumatic Brain Injury residuals'' with diagnostic 
code 8045, was not added alphabetically. This document corrects those 
errors.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 4

    Disability benefits, Pensions, Veterans.

     Approved: October 29, 2008.
William F. Russo,
Director, Regulations Management.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, VA is correcting 38 CFR part 4 
as follows.

PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES

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1. The authority citation for part 4 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1155, unless otherwise noted.


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2. In Sec.  4.124a, diagnostic code 8045, Note (4), add a period at the 
end of the paragraph.
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3. In Appendix A to Part 4, under the ``Sec.'' heading, remove from the 
table the second entry ``4.124a''.
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4. In Appendix C to Part 4--Alphabetical Index of Disabilities table, 
remove the entry ``Traumatic brain injury residuals'' and its 
diagnostic code ``8045'' and add it in alphabetical order after the 
entry ``Toxic nephropathy''.

 [FR Doc. E8-27457 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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