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VA DRS Significant and Most Significant Disability Criteria

Significant Disability Criteria

The Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) considers an individual's disability as significant when the individual with a disability meets all three (3) of the following criteria:

·             1. The individual has a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits one or more functional capacities in terms of an employment outcome;

·             2. The individual's vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require ongoing guidance and counseling, placement assistance, and other services which address the substantial loss of functional capacity over an extended period of time (longer than 6 months);

·             3. The individual has one or more physical or mental disabilities determined on the basis of an eligibility determination assessment and needs assessment to cause comparable substantial functional limitation (that is that the individual has a serious limitation in one or more of the functional capacities).

Individuals who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) are presumed to meet all three criteria for significant disability.

Most Significant Disability Criteria

The individual's disability shall be considered to be most significant when the counselor documents that the individual meets all three (3) of the following criteria:

·             Is an individual with a significant disability (see Significant Disability Criteria above); and

·             Has a physical or mental impairment that seriously limits three (3) or more functional capacities in terms of an employment outcome; and

·             Whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple core vocational rehabilitation services for six months or more.

This definition is used to establish the need for Supported Employment services (and priority category if DRS is on an order of selection).

See Also:

Eligibility for Services

Employment Services

WWRC Services

Community Based Services

Nursing Home Outreach

DRS Financial Participation in Cost of Services

Department of Rehabilitative Services Overview

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Source:

Chapter 3, Policy 1 of the DRS Policy and Procedure Manual at: http://www.vadrs.org/FRS/FRSmanuals/.

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