{"abstract":"This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to exclude from income and net worth computations in the pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation programs benefits or payments received pursuant to the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. This amendment is necessary to conform the regulations to statutory provisions.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2005/03/28/05-5973.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":3,"title":38}],"citation":"70 FR 15590","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective date: March 28, 2005.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"05-5973","effective_on":"2005-03-28","end_page":15592,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2005/03/28/05-5973.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/03/28/05-5973/exclusions-from-income-and-net-worth-computations","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/05-5973?publication_date=2005-03-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2005-03-28/05-5973/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":42,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 00:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-03-28/pdf/05-5973.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2005-03-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2005/03/28/05-5973.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2900-AM14":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["2900-AM14"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T15:48:55Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":15590,"subtype":null,"title":"Exclusions From Income and Net Worth Computations","toc_doc":"Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program; payment exclusions from income and net worth computations","toc_subject":"Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Claims","Disability benefits","Health care","Pensions","Veterans","Vietnam"],"type":"Rule","volume":70}