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PREC 9-93 Construction of the Schedule for Rating Disability -- "Definite" Impairment

PREC 9-93    Construction of the Schedule for Rating Disability -- "Definite" Impairment     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen Couns. Prec. 9-93, VAOPGCPREC 9-93, 1993

QUESTION PRESENTED:

 

 

May the term "definite," as used in 38 C.F.R. § 4.132, be construed in a quantitative manner?

HELD:

 

 

The word "definite," as used in 38 C.F.R. § 4.132 to describe a 30-percent degree of disability for purposes of rating claims based on certain mental disorders, should be construed to mean distinct, unambiguous, and moderately large in degree, more than moderate but less than rather large.

 

 

 

 



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