the aim of the veterans' disability program should be rehabilitation, but the goal has not been met.
Is unduly restrictive . . . and inconsistent with current models of disability.
I hope if you, as chair of the Advisory Committee, see it as a high priority task, then I want to understand up front
I think we all agree that the VA rating schedule is probably the cornerstone of the entire disability compensation syste...
But to dig just a little bit deeper, are you at odds with the VA relative to the conclusion you have come to that there ...
The Chairman has been incredibly accommodating to me this morning. You stated that you felt that updating the ratings sc...
the committee felt that it was important that the VA focus full-time effort on updating the ratings schedule
And those options all require further study to refine, is sort of the way I interpret everything.
What was the VA's expectations of Dr. Kettner's 6-month study?
we believe it is a very high priority and it will fix so many of the small things that we talk about
Our philosophy of veterans' benefits must . . . be modernized, and the whole structure of traditional veterans' programs...