Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332:reg:3c:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3C (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 403009–405654

57   36   25   0
 38   38   31   28   21   14   10   0   83   83   77   73   59   37   26   0
 39   39   32   29   22   14   11   0   84   84   78   74   60   37   26   0
 40   40   33   29   23   15   11   0   85   85   80   76   61   38   27   0
 41   41   34   30   23   15   11   0   86   86   81   77   62   39   27   0
 42   42   34   31   24   16   12   0   87   87   82   78   64   39   27   0
 43   43   35   32   25   16   12   0   88   88   84   80   65   40   28   0
 44   44   36   33   25   17   12   0   89   89   85   80   65   40   28   0
 45   45   37   34   26   17   12   0   90   90   86   83   68   42   29   0

No age adjustment permitted for this table
     Chapter 20
     Apportionment

    INTRODUCTION

    Throughout this Guide, if a condition can be rated using both a functional loss table and an Other Impairment table, only the higher of the two ratings is to be given to the veteran. This is usually quite a simple thing to do.

    However, in some cases, it might not be so straightforward.  For example, a veteran has two accepted cardiorespiratory conditions. One is ischaemic heart disease and the other is chronic bronchitis. From METs and spirometry it is found that the veteran's functional impairment rating is 20 points. It is also found that the veteran's ischaemic heart disease corresponds to a rating of 10 points from Table 1.6 and the veteran's chronic bronchitis corresponds to a rating of 5 points from Table 1.10.

    Without apportionment the only applicable cardiorespiratory rating would be
20 points and the 10 and 5 point ratings would have to be disregarded because they are both less than 20. This approach would sometimes disadvantage the veteran.

    A method of establishing the separate contribution of ischaemic heart disease and the chronic bronchitis to the functional impairment would enable a separation of their contributions thus allowing the comparison of functional and Other Impairments on a condition by condition basis. Such a method is called "apportionment". Apportionment provides a method for determining whether a rating greater than 20 should be given to the veteran in the example.

    Tables 20.1 to 20.13 have been constructed by finding a set of impairment ratings which have the same value as the contribution to the rating to be apportioned, and which, when combined using the Combined Values Chart in Chapter 18, are equal to the original impairment rating.

    If the apportionment has to be done in ratios that are not included in Tables 20.1 to
20.13, then the apportionment may be performed by applying Table 18.1 (Combined Values Chart)