VA disability compensation disability ratings may not reflect veterans' economic losses : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of RepresentativesDIANE Publishing |
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... average reduction in veterans ' earning capacity , we reviewed literature on research design and methods and reviewed the ECVARS methodology . We also obtained the views of Bureau of the Census , Social Security Administration , and ...
... average reduction in veterans ' earning capacity , we reviewed literature on research design and methods and reviewed the ECVARS methodology . We also obtained the views of Bureau of the Census , Social Security Administration , and ...
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not reflect the actual average loss in earnings associated with them. Therefore, it is likely that some of the ... reduction in earning capacity that veterans who had lost the use of a hand experienced was, on average, closer to 40 ...
not reflect the actual average loss in earnings associated with them. Therefore, it is likely that some of the ... reduction in earning capacity that veterans who had lost the use of a hand experienced was, on average, closer to 40 ...
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... average loss in earning capacity today among veterans with these conditions . In addition , studies conducted in the mid - 1950s and the late 1960s concluded that the ratings in the schedule did not accurately reflect the reduction in ...
... average loss in earning capacity today among veterans with these conditions . In addition , studies conducted in the mid - 1950s and the late 1960s concluded that the ratings in the schedule did not accurately reflect the reduction in ...
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... average impairments in earning capacity” in civilian occupations. Although VA's Economic Validation of the Rating Schedule ( ECVARS ) in the late 1960s defined reduction in earning capacity as “the loss or lowering of average income ...
... average impairments in earning capacity” in civilian occupations. Although VA's Economic Validation of the Rating Schedule ( ECVARS ) in the late 1960s defined reduction in earning capacity as “the loss or lowering of average income ...
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... average reduction in earning capacity, as required by law. The Commission stated that the basic purpose of the program is economic maintenance and, therefore, it is appropriate to compare periodically the average earnings of the working ...
... average reduction in earning capacity, as required by law. The Commission stated that the basic purpose of the program is economic maintenance and, therefore, it is appropriate to compare periodically the average earnings of the working ...
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Page 4 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 23 - Service tax records, as well as data from national surveys, including the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the Current Population Survey...
Page 21 - Gender Differences in Wage Losses from Impairments: Estimates from the Survey of Income and Program Participation," 29/ Human Resources 865 (1994); William G.
Page 24 - ... earning capacity over the last 51 years. Thus, the ratings may not accurately reflect the levels of economic loss that veterans currently experience as a result of their disabilities.
Page 14 - VA conducted a study of the 1945 version of its disability rating schedule which concluded that at least some disability ratings in the schedule did not accurately reflect the average impairment in earning capacity among disabled veterans and needed to be adjusted.
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Page 13 - Two major studies have been conducted since the implementation of the 1945 version of the schedule to determine whether the schedule constitutes an adequate basis for compensating veterans with service-connected conditions One was conducted by a presidential commission in the mid-1950s and a second by VA in the late 1960s Both concluded, for various reasons, that at least some disability ratings in the...
Page 35 - THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington DC 20420 JL.
Page 11 - Advances in the management of disabilities, like medication to control mental illness or computer-aided prosthetic devices that return some functioning to the physically impaired, have helped reduce the severity of the functional loss caused by both mental and physical disabilities. Electronic communications and assistive technologies, such as synthetic voice systems, standing wheelchairs, and modified automobiles and vans, have given people with certain types of disabilities more independence and...
Page 21 - The Effects of a Disability on Labor Market Performance: The Case of Epilepsy.