[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 226 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25931]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 4

RIN 2900-AQ67


Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Cardiovascular System; 
Correction

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On September 30, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
published in the Federal Register a final rule that amended the portion 
of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (``VASRD'' or ``rating 
schedule'') that addresses the cardiovascular system. This correction 
addresses the application of the general rating formula for diseases of 
the heart in the published final rule.

DATES: This correction is effective November 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Reynolds, M.D., VASRD Program 
Management Office (210), Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9700. (This is not a toll-free 
telephone number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is correcting its regulations, which 
published under ``Schedule for Rating Disabilities: The Cardiovascular 
System'' (RIN 2900-AQ67), on September 30, 2021, in the Federal 
Register at 86 FR 54089. The error is with Sec.  4.100 Application of 
the general rating formula for diseases of the heart. VA removed left 
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from the general rating formula 
for diseases of the heart but failed to remove every reference to LVEF 
in its evaluation criteria. Paragraph (c) of Sec.  4.100 of title 38 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provides instructions for addressing 
situations where LVEF is not of record. These instructions are no 
longer relevant considering the removal of LVEF from consideration in 
evaluating heart diseases. VA is correcting that error by removing 
paragraph (c).

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 4

    Disability benefits, Pensions, Veterans.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR part 4 is corrected 
by making the following correcting amendment:

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.


Sec.  4.100   [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  4.100 by removing paragraph (c).

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-25931 Filed 11-26-21; 8:45 am]
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