Schedule for Rating Disabilities: Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders, and Nutritional Deficiencies
| Published date | 12 February 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 3354 |
| Record Number | 2019-01985 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Veterans Affairs Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01985]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 4
RIN 2900-AQ43
Schedule for Rating Disabilities: Infectious Diseases, Immune
Disorders, and Nutritional Deficiencies
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is correcting a
proposed rule to amend the section of the VA Schedule for Rating
Disabilities (VASRD or Rating Schedule) that addresses infectious
diseases and immune disorders. This correction addresses minor
technical errors in the proposed rule published February 5, 2019.
DATES: February 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ioulia Vvedenskaya, M.D., M.B.A.,
Medical Officer, Part 4 VASRD Regulations Staff (211C), 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 proposed rule, Schedule
for Rating Disabilities: Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders, and
Nutritional Deficiencies, that published February 5, 2019, in the
Federal Register at 84 FR 1678.
Corrections
In proposed rule FR Doc. 2019-00636 beginning on page 1678 in the
issue of February 5, 2019, make the following corrections.
1. On page 1689, beginning in the first column, correct amendatory
instruction number 5 to read as follows:
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5. Amend appendix B to part 4 by:
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a. Revising the entries for diagnostic codes 6300 and 6305;
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b. Adding in numerical order an entry for diagnostic code 6312;
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c. Revising the entry for diagnostic code 6317;
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d. Adding in numerical order entries for diagnostic codes 6325, 6326,
6329 through 6331, and 6333 through 6335; and
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e. Revising the entry for diagnostic code 6354.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
2. On page 1689, in the amendatory text for Appendix B to Part 4,
remove the diagnostic code ``6351 HIV-related infection'' and correct
the diagnostic code ``6356'' to read ``6354''.
3. On page 1690, in the amendatory table for Appendix C to Part 4,
the entry ``Nontuberculosis mycobacterial infection-Diagnostic code
6312 should be listed before Nontyphoid salmonella infection Diagnostic
code 6333''.
Approved: February 7, 2019.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-01985 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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