Study: Overhaul VA disability ratings system
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jun 7, 2007 14:50:41 EDT
A study commissioned by the Veterans Disability Benefits Commission calls for a comprehensive review of the Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating system.
The rating schedule is the same system the Defense Department uses to rate service members before they leave the military to determine how they will be compensated for their injuries or diseases.
The Institute of Medicine determined that the existing schedule does not address how disabilities affect veterans’ quality of life, but rather focuses on their ability to work. And researchers found the current system, created decades ago, is not up to date with modern medicine.
more at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/military_disabilitystsyem_va_070607w/
