| 1. The Guides adopts the terminology and conceptual framework of disablement as put forward by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). |
| 2. The Guides becomes more diagnosis based with these diagnoses being evidence-based when possible. |
| 3. Simplicity, ease-of-application, and following precedent, where applicable, are given high priority, with the goal of optimizing interrater and intrarater reliability. |
| 4. Rating percentages derived according to the Guides are functionally based, to the fullest practical extent possible. |
| 5. The Guides stresses conceptual and methodological congruity within and between organ system ratings. |
| 1. The Guides adopts the terminology and conceptual framework of disablement as put forward by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). |
| 2. The Guides becomes more diagnosis based with these diagnoses being evidence-based when possible. |
| 3. Simplicity, ease-of-application, and following precedent, where applicable, are given high priority, with the goal of optimizing interrater and intrarater reliability. |
| 4. Rating percentages derived according to the Guides are functionally based, to the fullest practical extent possible. |
| 5. The Guides stresses conceptual and methodological congruity within and between organ system ratings. |