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Article Title: Amid outcry, VA abruptly stops enforcing new disability rating rules
Snippet of Article: "“DAV is extremely disappointed and alarmed by VA’s decision to issue an interim final rule today that could potentially reduce disability compensation for millions of disabled veterans,” said Coleman Nee, national commander of Disabled American Veterans....“Collins also indicated that the VA would not pursue enforcing the rule again. ..."
Article Title: Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
Snippet of Article: "...The rule, effective immediately, states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment itself. Titled “Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication,” the interim final rule was published in the Federal Register and affects how the VA rates a veteran’s disability for new claims and when reevaluating disabilities through clinical exams.
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