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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 1967 AUTHORITY FOR S C H E D U L E FOR RATING DISABILITIES

SEC. 355. The Administrator is authorized and directed to adopt and apply a schedule of ratings of reductions in earning capacity from specihc 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 per centum, 20 per centum, 30 per centum, 40 per centum, 50 per centum, (50 per centum, 70 per centum, 80 per centum, 90 per centum, and total, 100 per centum. The Administrator shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with experience. MINIMUM RATING FOR ARRESTED T U B E R C U U) S I S

SEC. 356. Any veteran shown to have active tuberculosis which is compensable under this title, who in the judgment of the Administrator has reached a condition of complete arrest, shall be rated as totally disabled for a period of two years following such date of arrest, as 50 per centum disabled for an additional period of four years, and 30 per centum for a further five years. Following far advanced active lesions the permanent rating shall be 30 per centum, and following moderately advanced lesions, the permanent bating, after eleven years, shall be 20 per centum, provided there is continued disability, dyspnea on exertion, impairment of health, and so forth; otherwise the rating shall be zero per centum. The total disability rating herein provided for the two years following a complete arrest may be reduced to 50 per centum for failure to follow prescribed treatment or to submit to examination when requested. This section shall not be construed as requiring a reduction of compensation authorized under any other provision of this title. C O M B I N A T I O N OF CERTAIN RATINGS

SEC. 357. The Administrator is authorized and directed to provide for the combination of ratings and to pay compensation at the rates prescribed in part B to those veterans who served during a period of war and during any other time, who have suffered disability in line of duty in each period of service. DISAPPEARANCE

SEC. 358. Where an incompetent veteran receiving compensation under this title disappears, the Administrator, in his discretion, may pay the compensation otherwise payable to the veteran to his wife, children, and parents. Payments made to a wife, child, or parent under the preceding sentence shall not exceed the amounts payable to each if the veteran had died from service-connected disability. TITLE

IV—PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR D E A T H, OR FOR SERVICE PART

A—GENERAL

DEFINITION

SEC. 401. For the purposes of this title the term "World W a r I " includes, in the case of any veteran, any period of service performed by him after November 11, 1918, and before July 2, 1921, if such vet-

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