Amid outcry, VA abruptly stops enforcing new disability rating rule
Snippet of Article: "Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced Thursday that he would not enforce a rule mandating that disability ratings be based on improvements with medication, rather than on the severity of the condition or injury...“Effective immediately, VA is halting enforcement of the interim final rule, ‘Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication...“DAV is extremely disappointed and alarmed by VA’s decision to issue an interim final rule today that could potentially reduce disability compensation for millions of disabled veterans,” said Coleman Nee, national commander of Disabled American Veterans. ..."
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