# Extra-Schedular Evaluations for Individual Disabilities
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2017-12-08 · Effective 2018-01-08 · 82 FR 57830
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-26523
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 57830
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2017-12-08
- **Effective date:** 2018-01-08
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its adjudication regulation pertaining to extra-schedular consideration of a service-connected disability in exceptional compensation cases. This rule clarifies that an extra-schedular evaluation is to be applied to an individual service-connected disability when the disability is so exceptional or unusual that it makes application of the regular rating schedule impractical. An extra-schedular evaluation may not be based on the combined effect of more than one service-connected disability. For the reasons set forth in the proposed rule and in this final rule, VA is adopting the proposed rule as final, with two changes, as explained below.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/08/2017-26523/extra-schedular-evaluations-for-individual-disabilities)
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