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Eliminating the Requirement for Laparoscopy To Establish Service Connection for Endometriosis
The Veterans Affairs Department published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 1, 2025. Comments closed on December 1, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to remove the note under diagnostic code (DC) 7629 requiring an endometriosis diagnosis that is confirmed by laparoscopy. This update would ensure the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) continues to align with current medical practice and would expedite the process for establishing service connection.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-19229
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Published
- October 1, 2025
- Comments due
- December 1, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before December 1, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. VA-2025-VBA-0139
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2900-AS39
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 38 CFR 4
- Topics
- Disability benefits; Pensions; Veterans
- Pages
- 3
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