calculate_rolling_window

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Use this when a veteran supplies dates of incapacitating episodes and the question involves the 38 CFR 4.71a formula for rating intervertebral disc syndrome on incapacitating episodes, diagnostic code 5243. Totals the calendar duration of those episodes inside the 12-month window ending on a reference date. That formula bands on total calendar duration in weeks, so weekend and holiday days inside an episode count, and only periods flagged as bed rest prescribed by a physician count toward a tier. Returns the window, a per-period breakdown, the tier the flagged episodes would support, and a separate employer-leave workday count that plays no part in that tier. The tier it reports is an estimate from the episodes supplied. It does not decide FMLA entitlement and does not apply to conditions rated outside diagnostic code 5243.