The relationship of the DVA rating schedule to IDES dispositions is defined where?

• A. DoD Instruction 1332.41
• B. 38 CFR Part 4
• C. 10 USC, Chapter 61
• D. Army Regulation 635-40

Answer: (C)

The binding connection between how the VA rating schedule is used and the IDES dispositions is defined in law. Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 61, lays out how service-connected disabilities are evaluated and how those evaluations drive military dispositions—such as medical retirement, permanent separation, or other outcomes—within the Integrated Disability Evaluation System. It also establishes that the VA rating schedule is the standard used to rate disabilities, and those ratings feed into the DoD disposition decisions under IDES. While the VA rating criteria themselves live in 38 CFR Part 4 and DoD policy documents implement the process, the statutory foundation that links the VA ratings to IDES dispositions is 10 USC Chapter 61.