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Use the VA 100% service-connected rating flag where the law asks for a VA rating #10767
Description
Problem
Four rules turn on a VA disability rating, but the model reads a different input:
| Rule | Law | Model on main |
|---|---|---|
Medicaid work requirement, veteran exclusion (medicaid_work_requirement_eligible) |
42 CFR 435.554(c)(4): "a veteran with a temporary or permanent disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs, rated as 100 percent (total) under 38 U.S.C. 1155" | is_veteran & is_permanently_and_totally_disabled, the tax definition (IRC 22(e)(3)) |
Kansas disabled veteran exemption (ks_disabled_veteran_exemptions_eligible_person) |
K.S.A. 79-32,121b(b)(2): "in receipt of disability compensation at the 100% rate, if the disability is permanent and was sustained through military action or accident or resulted from disease contracted while in such active service" | is_permanently_and_totally_disabled * is_veteran |
Hawaii LIHEAP disabled-member point (hi_liheap_points) |
Policies and Procedures: "Veterans receiving VA benefits for a 100% service-connected disability according to VA" | is_disabled stands in |
SNAP elderly or disabled member (is_usda_disabled) |
7 CFR 271.2: "a veteran with a service-connected or non-service-connected disability rated by the Veteran's Administration (VA) as total or paid as total" | is_permanently_disabled_veteran only |
So the model:
- misses a veteran with a 100% service-connected rating who still works, or whose rating is temporary;
- exempts a Medicaid veteran, or gives the Kansas exemption to one, whose disability isn't rated by the VA.
is_fully_disabled_service_connected_veteran and is_permanently_disabled_veteran also have no documentation of what they mean.
Proposed fix
- Read
is_fully_disabled_service_connected_veteranin the four rules. Kansas also needsis_permanently_disabled_veteran, and SNAP keeps it for the non-service-connected (pension) half. - Document both flags.
- Add YAML cases for each rule.
Rules that need a rating below 100% (Michigan, the CTA Military Service Pass, Washington's property tax exemption) or a chapter 61 medical retirement (North Carolina) need inputs the model doesn't have, so they're out of scope. Michigan is handled in #10714.
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