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 PUBLIC LAW 98-543—OCT. 24, 1984 February 1, 1985, and ending on January 31, 1988. The report shall include— (1) information regarding— (A) the number of veterans who during the period covered by the report were provided with evaluations under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of such section 524, (B) the number of such veterans for whom a vocational goal was determined to be feasible, (C) the number of such veterans who elected, and who did not elect, to pursue a vocational training program under subsection (b) of that section, (D) the extent to which those veterans who elected to pursue such a program completed the program, (E) the subsequent work and pension-eligibility experience of the veterans who were provided with such evaluations, shown according to their participation in and completion of vocational training programs, and (F) the number of veterans who received the benefit of such section 525; (2) a tabulation of the reasons given by such veterans for not electing to pursue such a program by those for whom a vocational goal was determined to be reasonably feasible but who did not elect to pursue such program; and (3) the Administrator's assessment of the value (including the cost-effectiveness) and effect of such implementation and any recommendations of the Administrator for administrative and legislative action based on such results and assessment.

98 STAT. 2747

Ante, p. 2746.

REPORT ON MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF CERTAIN PENSION RECIPIENTS

SEC. 302. (a) Not later than twenty-eight months after the date of 38 USC 521 note. the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing a statistical tabulation of the results of the medical examinations conducted under subsection (b)(l)(A) and the determinations made under subsection (b)(l)(B). (b)(1) The Administrator— (A) shall provide for the selection of a sampling of the class of pension recipients described in paragraph (3) to undergo, and each recipient in such sampling shall undergo, a medical examination of the kind provided a veteran under 65 years of age who is applying for pension under section 521 of title 38, United States Code; and (B) shall determine what, if any, percentage rating would be applicable to the recipient under the schedule of ratings adopted pursuant to section 355 of such title. (2) The sampling of pension recipients selected under paragraph (I)(A) shall be selected in a manner that is statistically valid for the purpose of estimating the disability ratings of all recipients in the class described in paragraph (3). (3) The class of pension recipients referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are those individuals who, during the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, are awarded pension under section 521 of title 38, United States Code, by reason of being considered, under section 502(a) of such title, to be permanently and

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