A new VA disability rule may lower millions of veteran disability ratings
Snippet of Article: "If medication lowers your disability, your disability rating gets lowered, too. ...On Feb. 17, the Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim final rule that changes one deceptively simple question at the heart of disability exams. The VA’s answer will drastically lower disability compensation for millions of veterans, many of whom spent the last 20 years fighting two wars and an untold number of low-level conflicts.
Effective immediately, the VA will rate veterans based on how they function with medication and treatment, not based on how the condition actually affects them.
In a closed process without input from veterans, and flying in the face of multiple court rulings, the VA moved to modify the way the Department of Veterans Affairs interprets and implements ratings for veteran disabilities.
In “Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication,” published in the Federal Register, the VA writes: ..."