Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 0 (pt 2/12)
Character Range: 408990–412071

A  A  C   C    D   E  H
Medium                                     A  B  C   D    E   H  I
Prolonged                                  A  C  D   F    G   I  J

No age adjustment permitted for this table

Step 8: Determine the impairment rating for the intermittent attack by reference to the number of affected days per year and by using Table 15.4.

Using the intermittent grading code determined in Step 7, determine the impairment rating appropriate to the intermittent grading code and frequency by applying Table 15.4.

Functional Loss Table 15.4
INTERMITTENT IMPAIRMENT
Frequency (affected days/year)
                                2+                 5+  10+  20+  40+  70+  100+
Intermittent Grading Code       Impairment Rating
A                               –                  –   –    –    –    2    2
B                               –                  –   –    –    2    5    5
C                               –                  –   –    2    5    10   10
D                               –                  –   2    5    10   15   20
E                               –                  –   2    5    10   20   30
F                               –                  2   5    5    10   20   30
G                               –                  2   5    10   20   25   30
H                               –                  2   5    10   30   40   50
I                               2                  5   10   30   50   60   70
J                               5                  10  20   40   70   80   90

No age adjustment permitted for this table

If the attacks were separated into groups in Step 4, a separate rating is to be obtained for each group of attacks.

Those ratings are not to be combined at this stage but are to be included in the final combining of all ratings.

Step 9: Compare the impairment ratings obtained in Step 3 and Step 8. Take the higher rating.

If the attacks were separated into groups in Step 4, the ratings for the various groups of attacks are to be combined by applying Chapter 18 (Combined Values Chart) before being compared with the rating obtained in Step 3. The combined rating determined under Chapter 18 is to be used only for the purpose of this comparison.

If the combined rating determined under Chapter 18 is higher than the rating obtained in Step 3, then each of the separate ratings for the various groups of attacks is to be included in the final combining of all ratings.

Step 10: Determine the rating for the impairment resulting from the avoidance and preclusion of otherwise normal activities between attacks by using Table 15.5.

Precluded activities refer to ordinary activities. Ratings are to be given on the basis of having to avoid, or of being precluded from undertaking, activities that are common for the veteran's age group. Ratings are not to be given on the basis of having to avoid only relatively hazardous activities such as rock-climbing or acrobatics.

Table 15.5 is to be applied only if at least one attack of the condition of severity II or greater has occurred within the last