# Exceptions to Applying the Bilateral Factor in VA Disability Calculations
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2023-12-27 · Effective 2023-12-27 · 88 FR 89307
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-28241
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 89307
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 4
- **Publication date:** 2023-12-27
- **Effective date:** 2023-12-27
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, without changes, an interim final rule that amended the regulation governing the bilateral factor for diseases and injuries of both arms, both legs, or paired skeletal muscles.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/27/2023-28241/exceptions-to-applying-the-bilateral-factor-in-va-disability-calculations)
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