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Vol. 77, No. 13 

Friday, January 20, 2012 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 43 

RIN 3038–AD08 

Real-Time Public Reporting of Swap 

Transaction Data 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

language in the final rule published in 

the Federal Register of Monday, January 

9, 2012, regarding the Real-Time Public 

Reporting of Swap Transaction Data. 

The Commission adopted rules to 

implement a framework for the real-time 

public reporting of swap transaction and 

pricing data for all swap transactions. 

DATES: Effective March 9, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey L. Steiner, Special Counsel, 

Division of Market Oversight (‘‘DMO’’), 

at (202) 418–5482 or jsteiner@cftc.gov; 

or Susan Nathan, Senior Special 

Counsel, DMO, at (202) 418–5133 or 

snathan@cftc.gov. 

Correction 

In the final rule, FR Doc. 2011–33173, 

on page 1228 in the issue of Monday, 

January 9, 2012, the following 

correction is made: 

On page 1228 in the middle column, 

beginning on the twelfth line from the 

top, the text ‘‘(1) July 16, 2012 of this 

Adopting Release in the Federal 

Register,’’ is corrected to read ‘‘(1) July 

16, 2012,’’. 

Dated: January 13, 2012. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1031 Filed 1–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 4 

RIN 2900–AM55 

Schedule for Rating Disabilities; 

Evaluation of Scars; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) published in the Federal 

Register of September 23, 2008, a 

document amending its Schedule for 

Rating Disabilities by revising that 

portion of the Schedule that addresses 

the Skin, so that it more clearly reflected 

VA’s policies concerning the evaluation 

of scars. In the preamble of that 

document, VA incorrectly stated the 

applicability date. VA made a similar 

error in the first sentence of the 

introductory paragraph of 38 CFR 4.118. 

This document corrects the error in the 

introductory paragraph of § 4.118. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

January 20, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William F. Russo, Deputy Director, 

Office of Regulation Policy & 

Management (02REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, or call 

(202) 461–4902 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 23, 2008, VA published in 

the Federal Register (73 FR 54708), an 

amendment to that portion of the 

Schedule for Rating Disabilities that 

addresses the Skin, 38 CFR 4.118, by 

revising the criteria for the evaluation of 

scars. In the DATES section of the rule 

document, we incorrectly stated the 

applicability date. As published, the 

relevant portion of the applicability date 

paragraph read, ‘‘This amendment shall 

apply to all applications for benefits 

received by VA on or after October 23, 

2008. A veteran whom VA rated before 

such date under diagnostic codes 7800, 

7801, 7802, 7803, 7804, or 7805 of 38 

CFR 4.118 may request review under 

these clarified criteria * * *.’’ We made 

a similar error by amending 38 CFR 

4.118 to state, ‘‘A veteran who VA rated 

under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 

7802, 7803, 7804, or 7805 before 

October 23, 2008 can request review 

under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 

7802, 7804, and 7805 * * *.’’ 

As a result of the errors in the 

applicability date and in amended 

§ 4.118, the rule document and the 

regulation are unclear about whether 

veterans whose claims were filed before 

October 23, 2008, but were not rated 

before that date may request review 

under the new criteria. A strict, literal 

reading of the applicability-date 

language and § 4.118 might suggest that 

veterans with such unrated claims 

would be rated under the old criteria 

with no opportunity to request review 

under the new criteria. We intended 

such claims to be rated under the old 

criteria subject to the right of the 

claimant to request review under the 

revised criteria. Neither the 

applicability-date language nor § 4.118 

addressed whether veterans with such 

claims may request review. We did not 

intend the strict reading because it 

would be irrational to deny the 

opportunity for review under the new 

criteria to persons whose pending 

claims had not yet been rated before 

October 23, 2008, while providing the 

opportunity to persons whose claims 

had been rated, even though all of the 

claims had been filed before that date. 

This correction document revises the 

introductory sentence of § 4.118 to state, 

in pertinent part, ‘‘A veteran whose 

scars were rated by VA under a prior 

version of diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 

7802, 7803, 7804, or 7805, as in effect 

before October 23, 2008, may request 

review under diagnostic codes 7800, 

7801, 7802, 7804, and 7805 * * *.’’ 

Note that the ‘‘rated by VA under a prior 

version’’ language would encompass 

claims that have received an initial 

rating but are still pending in the 

appeals process. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 4 

Disability benefits, Pensions, 

Veterans. 

Approved: 

William F. Russo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reason set out in the preamble, 

VA is correcting 38 CFR Part 4 as 

follows: 

PART 4—SCHEDULE FOR RATING 

DISABILITIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 4 

continues to read as follows: 


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