§ 1155. Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
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The Secretary shall adopt and apply a schedule of ratings of reductions in earning capacity from specific injuries or combination of injuries. The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations. The schedule shall be constructed so as to provide ten grades of disability and no more, upon which payments of compensation shall be based, namely, 10 percent, 20 percent, 30 percent, 40 percent, 50 percent, 60 percent, 70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent, and total, 100 percent.
The Secretary shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with experience. However, in no event shall such a readjustment in the rating schedule cause a veteran’s disability rating in effect on the effective date of the readjustment to be reduced unless an improvement in the veteran’s disability is shown to have occurred.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1125, § 355; Pub. L. 98–223, title I, § 101(c), Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 38; renumbered § 1155 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 102–86, title I, § 103(a), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 414.)
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- § 7731Establishment
- § 7292Review by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- § 1175aVoluntary separation pay and benefits
- § 7252Jurisdiction; finality of decisions
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- § 4.77Visual fields.
- § 3.951Preservation of disability ratings.
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- Pub. L. 85–857
- 72 Stat. 1125
- Pub. L. 98–223, title I, § 101(c)
- 98 Stat. 38
- Pub. L. 102–83
- 105 Stat. 404–406
- Pub. L. 102–86, title I, § 103(a)
- 105 Stat. 414
- Pub. L. 102–86
- Pub. L. 102–83, § 5
- Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)
- section 355 of this title
- Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1)
- Pub. L. 98–223
- Pub. L. 102–86, title I, § 103(b)
- 105 Stat. 415
- section 107 of Pub. L. 98–223
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§ 1155
Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 85–857
Stat.72 Stat. 1125
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–223, title I, § 101(c)
Stat.98 Stat. 38
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–83
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