Department of Veterans Affairs October 16, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is extending the public comment period for the Environmental Impact Statement for the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). VA published a notice in the Federal Register on August 17, 2012 (77 FR 49865), that provided for a public comment period ending on October 16, 2012. This notice extends the public comment period to October 31, 2012.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to affirm an amendment to its adjudication regulation regarding compensation for disabilities experienced by veterans who served in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Persian Gulf War. This amendment is necessary to extend the period during which disabilities associated with undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illnesses must become manifest in order for a veteran to be eligible for compensation. Additionally, in this final rule, VA will correct the adjudication section title that was amended and published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2010, but inadvertently changed to the original title.