Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Veterans with Disabilities in the 21st Century -- 3 Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life -- 4 The Rating Schedule -- 5 The Medical Examination and Disability Rating Process -- 6 Medical Criteria for Ancillary Benefits -- 7 Individual Unemployability -- 8 Other Diagnostic Classification Systems and Rating Schedules -- 9 Service Connection on Aggravation and Secondary Bases -- 10 Conclusion: Into the 21st Century -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff -- Appendix B: Committee Charge -- Appendix C: The Relationship Between Impairments and Earnings Losses in Multicondition Studies -- Appendix D: The Role of Medical Personnel in Selected Disability Benefit Programs -- Appendix E: Diagram: Assessing Impairment and Functional Disability.