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VA RIN: 2900-AQ72 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Schedule for Rating Disabilities-Ear, Nose, Throat, and Audiology Disabilities; Special Provisions Regarding Evaluation of Respiratory Conditions; Schedule for Rating Disabilities-Respiratory System 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations by revising the sections that address the ear, nose, throat, audiology, and respiratory systems and adds a diagnostic code for constrictive bronchiolitis (or obliterative bronchiolitis) (CB) to the regulations that govern the respiratory system. The purpose of these changes is to update medical terminology, incorporate medical advances that have occurred since the last review, and provide well-defined criteria in accordance with actual clinical practice.

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 4.85    38 CFR 4.87    38 CFR 4.96    38 CFR 4.97   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a)    38 U.S.C. 1155   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/15/2022  87 FR 8474   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/18/2022 
Supplemental NPRM  09/12/2024  89 FR 74162   
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End  10/15/2024 
Final Action  12/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Dr. Gary Reynolds
Medical Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9700
Email: gary.reynolds3@va.gov