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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 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.
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 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 05/01/2010 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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