Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:70:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 70 (pt 5/25)
Character Range: 204479–207798

environment.

Relevant factors include the veteran's ability to deal with personal hygiene, to prepare and consume food, to use electrical appliances, to find one's way around, to return safely home after going to the shops etc, to avoid common dangers (such as in crossing the road), to remember the location and use of ordinary objects, the method of catching public transport etc.

Functional Loss Table 4.4
OCCUPATION
Impairment Ratings         General description and outcome
NIL                        Minimal or no interference with work or occupation.
ONE                        Exacerbation of symptoms may cause occasional days off work.
TWO                        Short periods (more than one day at a time) of absence from work.
THREE                      Long periods (weeks or months) of absence from work.
FIVE                       An employed veteran will have major difficulties at work, which may be manifested by job modification or restriction of career opportunities. The disorder may contribute to the loss of a job.
SIX                        The veteran may be unable to work or may still be working, but with marked loss of time and/or loss of productivity at work leading to loss of original vocation.
EIGHT                      The veteran cannot work.
                           One rating is to be selected from this table for the occupational effects of the accepted psychiatric condition being assessed.

No age adjustment permitted for this table

Occupation.  This table relates to the effect of the psychiatric condition on the veteran's ability to work.

Relevant factors include ability to concentrate on a task, ability to work with others, ability to take instructions from a supervisor and ability to interact appropriately with clients.

The criteria for gaining impairment ratings under Table 4.4 are different from the criteria of eligibility for benefits under sections 23, 24, and 25 of the Act. For purposes of applying Table 4.4, only the impairment from accepted psychiatric condition(s) of the veteran is to be taken into account.

Functional Loss Table 4.5
DOMESTIC SITUATION
Impairment Ratings         General description and outcome
NIL                        Minimal or no effect on ordinary family life.
ONE                        Occasional friction with family members.
TWO                        Frequent discord with family members.
THREE                      Frequent conflict with family members.
FIVE                       Continual conflict with family members.
SIX                        Family functioning is deteriorating, and estrangement or divorce are a likely consequence.
EIGHT                      Virtually non-existent family life because of conflict with family members.
                           One rating is to be selected from this table for the domestic effects of the accepted psychiatric condition being assessed.

No age adjustment permitted for this table

Domestic situation. This tables relates to the effect of the psychiatric condition on the veteran's ability to continue or form domestic interpersonal relationships.

Relevant factors include the ability to maintain usual relationships with other family members and recognition of usual domestic relationships.

Functional Loss Table 4.6
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Impairment