Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/1155
Timestamp: 2017-11-23 13:13:42
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1155', '§ 1155', '§ 1155', '§\u202f355', '§\u202f101', '§\u202f1155', '§\u202f4', '§\u202f103', '§\u202f5', '§\u202f5', '§\u202f103', 'art 4']

38 U.S. Code § 1155 - Authority for schedule for rating disabilities | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 38 › Part II › Chapter 11 › Subchapter VI › § 1155
38 U.S. Code § 1155 - Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1125, § 355; Pub. L. 98–223, title I, § 101(c), Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 38; renumbered § 1155 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 102–86, title I, § 103(a), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 414.)
1991—Pub. L. 102–86 amended this section as in effect before the redesignations made by Pub. L. 102–83, § 5, by inserting at end “However, in no event shall such a readjustment in the rating schedule cause a veteran’s disability rating in effect on the effective date of the readjustment to be reduced unless an improvement in the veteran’s disability is shown to have occurred.”
Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 355 of this title as this section.
1984—Pub. L. 98–223 substituted “percent” for “per centum” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 102–86, title I, § 103(b), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 415, provided that:
“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with regard to changes in rating schedules that take effect after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 1991].”
38 CFR Part 4 - SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES