I'll only take a second here, Mr. Chairman.
Of the 3,500 people who they estimated...those changes are not in fact in the legislation. They're in the regulations. We haven't heard yet if the regulations are going to change to match that, because right here it reads:
Veterans Affairs estimates that, between April 2006 and December 2009, 203 severely disabled clients may have been “excluded from the PIA and EIA....” [....] The decision to grant the PIA is still based on the definition of the “permanent and severe impairment” set out in the regulations....
It's not in the legislation; it's in the regulations. So the first question is are the regulations going to change to match the 3,500 to be included, or the estimated amount? And I will just give you a heads-up. Of the 269 veterans who are deemed to be suffering from a total and permanent incapacitation between April 2006 and March 2009, three received the permanent impairment allowance--just three. So legislation is great, but it needs to match the regulations.
So my question, Mr. Butler, is are the--