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Veteran's Information
Did you know that in 2002 there were over 22,000 veterans with Multiple Sclerosis?
(a) General. A chronic, tropical, prisoner
of war related disease, or a disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents listed in §3.309 will be considered
to have been incurred in or aggravated by service under the circumstances outlined in this section even though there is no
evidence of such disease during the period of service. No condition other than one listed in §3.309(a) will be considered
chronic. (1) Service. The veteran must have served 90 days or more during a war period or after December 31,
1946. The requirement of 90 days' service means active, continuous service within or extending into or beyond a war period,
or which began before and extended beyond December 31, 1946, or began after that date. Any period of service is sufficient
for the purpose of establishing the presumptive service connection of a specified disease under the conditions listed in §3.309(c)
and (e). (2) Separation from service. For the purpose of paragraph (a)(3) and (4) of this section the date
of separation from wartime service will be the date of discharge or release during a war period, or if service continued after
the war, the end of the war period. In claims based on service on or after January 1, 1947, the date of separation will be
the date of discharge or release from the period of service on which the claim is based. (3) Chronic disease. The
disease must have become manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more within 1 year (for Hansen's disease (leprosy) and
tuberculosis, within 3 years; multiple sclerosis, within 7 years) from the date of separation from service as specified in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section. (a) Chronic diseases. The following diseases shall be granted service connection
although not otherwise established as incurred in or aggravated by service if manifested to a compensable degree within the
applicable time limits under §3.307 following service in a period of war or following peacetime service on or after January
1, 1947, provided the rebuttable presumption provisions of §3.307 are also satisfied. Disability in
this field is ordinarily to be rated in proportion to the impairment of motor, sensory or mental function. Consider especially
psychotic manifestations, complete or partial loss of use of one or more extremities, speech disturbances, impairment of vision,
disturbances of gait, tremors, visceral manifestations, injury to the skull, etc. In rating disability from the conditions
in the preceding sentence refer to the appropriate schedule. In rating peripheral nerve injuries and their residuals, attention
should be given to the site and character of the injury, the relative impairment in motor function, trophic changes, or sensory
disturbances. [With the exceptions noted, disability from the following
diseases and their residuals may be rated from 10 percent to 100 percent in proportion to the impairment of motor, sensory,
or mental function. Consider especially psychotic manifestations, complete or partial loss of use of one or more extremities,
speech disturbances, impairment of vision, disturbances of gait, tremors, visceral manifestations, etc., referring to the
appropriate bodily system of the schedule. With partial loss of use of one or more extremities from neurological lesions,
rate by comparison with the mild, moderate, severe, or complete paralysis of peripheral nerves] [With the
exceptions noted, disability from the following diseases and their residuals may be rated from 10 percent to 100 percent in
proportion to the impairment of motor, sensory, or mental function. Consider especially psychotic manifestations, complete
or partial loss of use of one or more extremities, speech disturbances, impairment of vision, disturbances of gait, tremors,
visceral manifestations, etc., referring to the appropriate bodily system of the schedule. With partial loss of use of one
or more extremities from neurological lesions, rate by comparison with the mild, moderate, severe, or complete paralysis of
peripheral nerves] [With the exceptions noted, disability from the following diseases and their residuals may be rated
from 10 percent to 100 percent in proportion to the impairment of motor, sensory, or mental function. Consider especially
psychotic manifestations, complete or partial loss of use of one or more extremities, speech disturbances, impairment of vision,
disturbances of gait, tremors, visceral manifestations, etc., referring to the appropriate bodily system of the schedule.
With partial loss of use of one or more extremities from neurological lesions, rate by comparison with the mild, moderate,
severe, or complete paralysis of peripheral nerves] 30% Service Connected Disability = $376 per month w/o dependants Table I, Combined Ratings Table, results from the consideration of the efficiency
of the individual as affected first by the most disabling condition, then by the less disabling condition, then by other less
disabling conditions, if any, in the order of severity. Thus, a person having a 60 percent disability is considered 40 percent
efficient. Proceeding from this 40 percent efficiency, the effect of a further 30 percent disability is to leave only 70 percent
of the efficiency remaining after consideration of the first disability, or 28 percent efficiency altogether. The individual
is thus 72 percent disabled, as shown in table I opposite 60 percent and under 30 percent. (a)
To use table I, the disabilities will first be arranged in the exact order of their severity, beginning with the greatest
disability and then combined with use of table I as hereinafter indicated. For example, if there are two disabilities, the
degree of one disability will be read in the left column and the degree of the other in the top row, whichever is appropriate.
The figures appearing in the space where the column and row intersect will represent the combined value of the two. This combined
value will then be converted to the nearest number divisible by 10, and combined values ending in 5 will be adjusted upward.
Thus, with a 50 percent disability and a 30 percent disability, the combined value will be found to be 65 percent, but the
65 percent must be converted to 70 percent to represent the final degree of disability. Similarly, with a disability of 40
percent, and another disability of 20 percent, the combined value is found to be 52 percent, but the 52 percent must be converted
to the nearest degree divisible by 10, which is 50 percent. If there are more than two disabilities, the disabilities will
also be arranged in the exact order of their severity and the combined value for the first two will be found as previously
described for two disabilities. The combined value, exactly as found in table I, will be combined with the degree of the third
disability (in order of severity). The combined value for the three disabilities will be found in the space where the column
and row intersect, and if there are only three disabilities will be converted to the nearest degree divisible by 10, adjusting
final 5's upward. Thus, if there are three disabilities ratable at 60 percent, 40 percent, and 20 percent, respectively, the
combined value for the first two will be found opposite 60 and under 40 and is 76 percent. This 76 will be combined with 20
and the combined value for the three is 81 percent. This combined value will be converted to the nearest degree divisible
by 10 which is 80 percent. The same procedure will be employed when there are four or more disabilities. (See table I). (b) Except as otherwise provided in this schedule, the disabilities arising from a single disease entity, e.g., arthritis,
multiple sclerosis, cerebrovascular accident, etc., are to be rated separately as are all other disabling conditions, if any.
All disabilities are then to be combined as described in paragraph (a) of this section. The conversion to the nearest degree
divisible by 10 will be done only once per rating decision, will follow the combining of all disabilities, and will be the
last procedure in determining the combined degree of disability. Table I—Combined Ratings Table [10
combined with 10 is 19] |
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