Change of Effective Date of Rule Adding a Disease Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents: Type 2 Diabetes

The Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) is changing the effective date of a final rule published on May 8, 2001, titled "Disease Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents: Type 2 Diabetes." This action is necessary to conform to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Liesegang v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, which determined that the correct effective date of the amendment was May 8, 2001. The effect of this Notice is to insure that the effective date conforms to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and current VA practice.