Rescission of Interim Final Rule, Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication

What it does

VA is rescinding the interim final rule, Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication, published on February 17, 2026, and restoring the prior regulatory text. This rescission is effective immediately upon publication.

The Veterans Affairs Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

38 CFR 4

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Veterans Affairs Department has published 9 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 15 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2900-AS49 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Feb. 17, 2026 Interim final rule. Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication

What happens next and when

This final rule rescinding the interim final rule, published at 91 FR 7118 on February 17, 2026, is effective February 27, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket VA-2026-VBA-0067 on Regulations.gov
• Title 38 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register