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Schedule 3 -- Veterans Health Administration Schedules Department Of Veterans Affairs

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2003)

Schedule for the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (38 U.S.C. 7306) *

Deputy Under Secretary for Health **

$144,591

Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health ***

138,491

Assistant Under Secretaries for Health ***

134,408

 

Maximum

Minimum

Medical Directors

$114,678

$129,972 ***

Service Directors

99,853

124,011

Director, National Center for Preventive Health

85,140

124,011

Physician and Dentist Schedule

 

Maximum

Minimum

Director Grade

$99,853

$124,011

Executive Grade

92,204

117,511

Chief Grade

85,140

110,682

Senior Grade

72,381

94,098

Intermediate Grade

61,251

79,629

Full Grade

51,508

66,961

Associate Grade

42,976

55,873

Clinical Podiatrist and Optometrist Schedule

 

Maximum

Minimum

Chief Grade

$85,140

$110,682

Senior Grade

72,381

94,098

Intermediate Grade

61,251

79,629

Full Grade

51,508

66,961

Associate Grade

42,976

55,873

Physician Assistant and Expanded-Function Dental Auxiliary Schedule ****

 

Maximum

Minimum

Director Grade

$85,140

$110,682

Assistant Director Grade

72,381

94,098

Chief Grade

61,251

79,629

Senior Grade

51,508

66,961

Intermediate Grade

42,976

55,873

Full Grade

35,519

46,175

Associate Grade

30,565

39,736

Junior Grade

26,130

33,969

* This schedule does not apply to the Assistant Under Secretary for Nursing Programs or the Director of Nursing Service. Pay for these positions is set by the Under Secretary for Health under 38 U.S.C. 7451.

** Section 7404 (d) (1) of title 38, United States Code, states that the rate of basic pay payable to this employee is limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which is $134,000.

*** Section 7404 (d) (2) of title 38, United States Code, states that the rate of basic pay payable to these employees is limited to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule, which is $125,400.

**** Section 301 (a) of Public Law 102-40, states that these positions are paid according to the Nurse Schedule in 38 U.S.C. 4107 (b) as in effect on August 14, 1990, with subsequent adjustments.

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