A 21st Century System for Evaluating Veterans for Disability Benefits

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Publication Year:2007

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Committee on Medical Evaluation of Veterans for Disability Compensation, Michael McGeary, Morgan A. Ford, Susan R. McCutchen, and David K. Barnes, Editors, Institute of Medicine
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Front Matter	i-xxx
Summary	1-20	(skim)
1 Introduction	21-35	(skim)
2 Veterans with Disabilities in the 21st Century	36-68	(skim)
3 Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life	69-91	(skim)
4 The Rating Schedule	92-138	(skim)
5 The Medical Examination and Disability Rating Process	139-200	(skim)
6 Medical Criteria for Ancillary Benefits	201-231	(skim)
7 Individual Unemployability	232-251	(skim)
8 Other Diagnostic Classification Systems and Rating Schedules	252-271	(skim)
9 Service Connection on Aggravation and Secondary Bases	272-286	(skim)
10 Conclusion: Into the 21st Century	287-292	(skim)
A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff	293-301	(skim)
B Committee Charge	302-303	(skim)
C The Relationship Between Impairments and Earnings Losses in Multicondition Studies	304-361	(skim)
D The Role of Medical Personnel in Selected Disability Benefit Programs	362-373	(skim)
E Diagram: Assessing Impairment and Functional Disability	374-376	(skim)

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