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VA Disability Compensation

    

The evidence of record must show the claimed disability was incurred during military service. The medical evidence provided by the veteran and/or the service department must show the claimed disability. If the disability pre-existed service, such as a leg condition, the evidence must show that the condition became worse during military service.

    

If service medical records show the claimed disability exists, then it must be determined how disabling the condition is today. The claimant usually under goes a medical examination at the nearest VA Medical Center. The examining doctors report is then sent to the Regional Office for review.

    

The rating specialist then consults a rating schedule (See Chart Below) The findings will then be compared to the descriptions given to the various percentages. The percentage, which is closest to the examining physician's findings, will be given as an evaluation of the disability. VA disability benefit valuations are rounded to the closest 10%.

   

If a veteran is found to have more than one disability (each of which is considered at least 10% disabling) they will apply a rating schedule for a combined evaluation. Note: Individual disabilities are not added together to give a final percentage.

    

For example: A veteran may have 3 disabilities: arm, leg, and psychological. And each disability is rated 50% disabling. The veteran is not evaluated as 150% disabled. Each percent is applied to the remaining healthy percent.

With no disabilities the veteran is considered 100% healthy.

When the arm condition is considered, the veteran is now 50% disabled and 50% healthy.

    

Next the 50% evaluation of the leg is applied to the healthy 50% and he/she is considered 75% disabled and 25% healthy.

    

As evaluations rounded to 10% increments the veterans evaluation is now rounded to 80% disabled and 20% healthy.

    

The 50% psychological condition is then applied to the remaining 25% healthy. As the previous combined evaluation was 75% and was rounded to 80%. He/she is now 88% disabled.

    

The 88% evaluation is then rounded to a final figure of 90% disabled and 10% healthy.

    

NOTE: Always insist on a discharge physical examination.

 

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending May 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 444,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 448,000. The 4-week moving average was 450,500, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised average of 459,500.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.6 percent for the week ending May 1, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 3.6 percent.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 1 was 4,627,000, an increase of 12,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 4,615,000. The 4-week moving average was 4,639,500, a decrease of 14,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 4,654,250.

The fiscal year-to-date average of seasonally adjusted weekly insured unemployment, which corresponds to the appropriated AWIU trigger, was 5.174 million. 

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 407,267 in the week ending May 8, an increase of 11,132 from the previous week. There were 570,412 initial claims in the comparable week in 2009.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.5 percent during the week ending May 1, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 4,515,632, a decrease of 140,708 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 4.6 percent and the volume was 6,191,149.
 

Extended benefits were available in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin during the week ending April 24.

Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,300 in the week ending May 1, an increase of 86 from the prior week. There were 2,289 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 97 from the preceding week.

There were 18,944 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending April 24, a decrease of 267 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 36,699, a decrease of 500 from the prior week.

States reported 5,137,385 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending April 24, a decrease of 216,874 from the prior week. There were 2,156,516 claimants in the comparable week in 2009. EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.

The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending April 24 were in Alaska (6.6 percent), Puerto Rico (6.3), Oregon (5.8), Nevada (5.1), California (4.9), Pennsylvania (4.8), Wisconsin (4.8), Montana (4.7), North Carolina (4.6), Rhode Island (4.6), Connecticut (4.5), and Idaho (4.5).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 1 were in New York (+4,021), Kentucky (+1,015), Pennsylvania (+773), Illinois (+611), and Tennessee (+609), while the largest decreases were in California (-18,546), Massachusetts (-3,628), Indiana (-3,242), Michigan (-1,748), and Florida
(-1,291).


UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS


  Advance       Prior1
WEEK ENDING May 8 May 1 Change April 24 Year

Initial Claims (SA) 444,000 448,000 -4,000 451,000 625,000
Initial Claims (NSA) 407,267 396,135 +11,132 426,412 570,412
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 450,500 459,500 -9,000 463,250 621,250
 
  Advance       Prior1
WEEK ENDING May 1 April 24 Change April 17 Year

Ins. Unemployment (SA) 4,627,000 4,615,000 +12,000 4,653,000 6,389,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA) 4,515,632 4,656,340 -140,708 4,788,288 6,191,149
4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 4,639,500 4,654,250 -14,750 4,641,000 6,218,000

Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2 3.6% 3.6% 0.0 3.6% 4.8%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2
 
3.5% 3.6% -0.1 3.7% 4.6%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)


       
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
May 1
April 24
Change
Year

Federal Employees 1,300 1,214 +86 1,220
Newly Discharged Veterans 2,289 2,386 -97 1,684

PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)


       
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
April 24
April 17
Change
Year

Federal Employees 18,944 19,211 -267 16,420
Newly Discharged Veterans 36,699 37,199 -500 28,464
Railroad Retirement Board 6,000 6,000 0 10,000
Extended Benefits 218,812 201,487 +17,325 221,886
EUC 20083 5,137,385 5,354,259 -216,874 2,156,516

FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data
NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1 - Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
2 - Most recent week used covered employment of 128,298,468 as denominator.
3 - EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.
 

UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 05/01/2010 


STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 


State Change   State Supplied Comment
CA -18,546   Fewer layoffs in the service industry.
MA -3,628   No comment.
IN -3,242   No comment.
MI -1,748   No comment.
FL -1,291   Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, and service industries.

STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 


State Change   State Supplied Comment
KY +1,015   No comment.
NY +4,021   Layoffs in the transportation, service, and manufacturing industries.

State Detail Prior Week
UI Claims Series 1967 to current

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