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38 U.S.C. § 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 veterans disability rating in effect on the effective date of the readjustment to be reduced unless an improvement in the veterans disability is shown to have occurred.

(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1125, § 355; Pub. L. 98223, title I, § 101(c), Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 38; renumbered § 1155 and amended Pub. L. 10283, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404406; Pub. L. 10286, title I, § 103(a), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 414.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10286 amended this section as in effect before the redesignations made by Pub. L. 10283, § 5, by inserting at end “However, in no event shall such a readjustment in the rating schedule cause a veterans disability rating in effect on the effective date of the readjustment to be reduced unless an improvement in the veterans disability is shown to have occurred.” Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), renumbered section 355 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places. 1984—Pub. L. 98223 substituted “percent” for “per centum” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1991 AmendmentPub. L. 10286, title I, § 103(b), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 415, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with regard to changes in rating schedules that take effect after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 1991].”

Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98223 effective Apr. 1, 1984, see section 107 of Pub. L. 98223, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.