Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332:reg:2:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 74199–77761

of bronchodilator medication required in addition to daily inhaled steroids.
                    * Chronic cough, with production of at least 100 mL sputum/day.
                Repeated courses (at least several courses per year) or permanent use of oral steroids required.

   No age adjustment permitted for this table

Only one rating is to be selected from this table for any condi­ tion or combination of conditions. If more than one criterion applies, that which gives the higher or highest rating is to be chosen.

Peripheral Vascular Conditions

    Tables 1.2 and 1.3 are to be applied to assess those conditions that affect exercise tolerance from a cardiorespiratory point of view. Peripheral vascular conditions typically cause loss of function of the lower limbs only and therefore are to be assessed under lower limb impairment (using Chapter 3).

    Atherosclerosis frequently causes both a cardiorespiratory condition and a peripheral vascular condition. In such cases, if both types of conditions are accepted conditions, then both conditions are to be rated using the appropriate assessment procedure.

    The rating of asthma depends on the clinical circumstances. If asthma has caused chronic airways obstruction the method of assessment described in this chapter is to be applied. If there is little fixed obstruction and a large reversible component, the rating is to be based on the occurrence of attacks using the method of intermittent impairment (Chapter 15). Asthma can also be rated, if there is minimal loss of function, from Table 1.10.

       Guide to the Assessment of
       Rates of Veterans' Pensions
5th edition

 Veteran's given names:

 Condition(s) accepted for assessment

 METs Assessment

 Date of report: Age:
 Limiting symptoms =

 METs level =

 METs impairment   A
 rating:

       Cardiorespiratory Worksheet

       File No:

      Veteran's surname:

     Veteran's height: Veterans D.o.B:  Gender:

      Lung Function Assessment

           Date of test: Age:

        Actual
       Predicted
   (Act/Pred) x 100
Impairment (Table 1.4)

     Physiological impairment rating (use highest   B
assessment value):

 Find the accepted functional impairment from values A and B by using Table 1.5

 Please note that Partially Contributing Impairment (Chapter 19) may need to be used in calculating the accepted functional impairment.

 Was Chapter 19 used?  Yes  Accepted functional  C
                  No  impairment

                D                                                 E                                                F                        G
   Category        Relative                                         Functional                                       Applicable               Final rating
                contribution to functional impairment (as ratio)  impairment for each category (by apportionment)  Other Impairment rating  for category (greater of
                                                                                                                                            E and F)
 Ischaemic
 Valvular
 Other cardiac
 Respiratory

The ratings in column G are not to be rounded or combined at this stage They are all to be carried forward to be combined in the final combining of all ratings

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     Chapter 2
     Hypertension and Non-Cardiac
     Vascular Conditions

    This chapter contains three parts:

 Part 2.1 -   Hypertension
 Part 2.2 -   Vascular Conditions of the Lower Limbs