Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:15:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 14/28)
Character Range: 363452–366624

No age adjustment permitted for this table

This is the final rating for loss of reproductive function in male veterans. The rating obtained from Table 10.2.1 is not to be compared or combined with any other rating at this stage, but is to be included in the final combining of all ratings.

While impotence would render it difficult for a man to father a child in the normal way, it would neither necessarily nor usually render him infertile.

Step 2: (Omit this step if you are assessing an accepted condition of a male veteran.) Determine a functional impairment rating for loss of reproductive function in female veterans from Table 10.2.2.

Functional Loss Table 10.2.2
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: FEMALE
Impairment Ratings
                               Criteria
NIL                               Elective tubal ligation.
                                Infertility with onset at or after natural menopause.
TWO                               Amenorrhoea in a pre-menopausal woman.
                                Infertility with onset at age 45 or older in a pre-menopausal woman.
FIVE                              Reduced fertility with onset at age less than 45 in a pre-menopausal woman.
                                  Removal of one ovary at age less than 45.
                                  Recurrent salpingitis.
                                  Cervical incompetence.
                                  Endometriosis.
                                Severe menorrhagia.
TEN                               Infertility with onset at age less than 45 in a pre-menopausal woman.
                                Removal of ovaries without hysterectomy at age less than 45.
FIFTEEN                           Hysterectomy without removal of ovaries at age less than 45.
                                Infertility with onset at age 30 or less in a pre-menopausal woman.
TWENTY                         Hysterectomy with removal of ovaries at age less than 45.
                               Only one rating is to be selected from this table.

No age adjustment permitted for this table

Amenorrhoea by itself is to be rated at 2 points. However amenorrhoea will generally be a symptom of some other condition, such as infertility, in which case a rating is to be given for infertility and that rating is to be compared with the rating for amenorrhoea. The higher rating is to be taken.

Endometriosis may be assessed by applying Table 10.2.2, or by assessment of its effect on fertility or sexual function, or by applying Chapter 15 (Intermittent Impairment). If ratings are given from both this chapter and Chapter 15, the ratings are to be compared and the higher is to be taken.

This is the final rating for loss of reproductive function in female veterans. The rating obtained from Table 10.2.2 is not to be compared or combined with any other rating at this stage, but is to be included in the final combining of all ratings.

For those conditions of the female reproductive system that occur on a cyclical basis, Chapter 15 (Intermittent Impairment) is to be applied.

PART 10.3: BREASTS

A rating given for mastectomy under this Part