Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332:reg:201
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Provision Reference: reg 201
Character Range: 333565–335534

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Functional Loss
Table 13.1

        Impairment

NEGLIGIBLE IMPAIRMENT
        Rating Criteria

                    * An infectious disease from which the veteran has recovered with negligible after effects.
                    * An injury from which the veteran has recovered with negligible after effects.
                    * A condition causing no current impairment.
                    * A condition from which the veteran has recovered with negligible after effects.

   No age adjustment permitted for this table

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

    Malignant conditions may affect one or more body systems.

    Hence, any malignant condition can potentially be assessed by the following methods:

     +  by applying the system-specific tables contained in Chapters 1 to 12. A number of those tables may have to be consulted if the malignant condition causes multiple losses of function;

     + by applying Chapter 14 which relates specifically to malignancies and which contains both a Functional Loss table and an Other Impairment table. These tables are designed to rate the malignant condition as a whole. The first table relates to loss of function in a general sense. The second table relates to reduced life expectancy which is regarded as an Other Impairment.

    If the impairment rating from Chapter 14 is 70 points on the basis of either the malignant disorders functional table (Table 14.1) or the malignant disorders Other Impairment table (Table 14.2), there is no need to follow the steps set out in the following pages. If the rating from Chapter 14 is below 70 points, the steps are to be followed.

     Determine the impairment rating for an accepted malignant condition

    Follow the steps below to calculate the impairment due to an accepted malignant condition.

    (Each of these steps is elaborated in the following pages.)

STEP       Establish which body systems are affected by the malignant condition.           Page