Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to define the term "disabled veteran."

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-01-115.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-16-036 on July 27, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: September 8, 2005.

Eva N. Santos

Director

     (1) ((e))Entitled to disability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans Administration for disability rated at 30 percent or more((,)) or ((a person)) disability rated at least 10 percent in the case of a veteran who has been determined by the Veterans Administration to have a serious employment handicap; or

     (2) ((w))Whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-204, § 357-01-115, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]

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