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DIC Benefits for Survivors of Certain Veterans Rated Totally Disabled at Time of Death
This document establishes an interpretive rule reflecting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conclusion that 38 U.S.C. 1318(b) authorizes payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) only in cases where the veteran had, during his or her lifetime, established a right to receive total service-connected disability compensation from...
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New Criteria for Approving Courses for VA Educational Assistance Programs
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance and educational benefit regulations by adding new criteria for VA to use in approving enrollments in courses under the educational programs VA administers. The intended effect of these proposed changes is to implement provisions of the Veterans'...
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Eligibility Criteria for the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty and Other Miscellaneous Issues
This document amends the educational assistance and educational benefit regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The amendments reflect statutory changes which set forth new eligibility criteria that will allow additional individuals to establish eligibility for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty...
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Board of Veterans' Appeals: Rules of Practice-Subpoenas
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) adjudicates appeals from denials of claims for veterans' benefits filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This document proposes to amend the Board's Rules of Practice to clarify certain procedures relating to subpoenas.
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Claims Based on the Effects of Tobacco Products
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations governing determinations of whether disability or death is service-connected. The proposed changes appear necessary to implement a recent statutory amendment providing with certain exceptions that a disability or death will not be service- connected...
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Review of Benefit Claims Decisions
This document concerns the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations. We are proposing new provisions to allow any claimants who have filed a timely Notice of Disagreement to obtain a de novo review of their claims at the Veterans Service Center level. We believe this would provide a more efficient means for resolving...
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Revised Criteria for Monetary Allowance for an Individual Born With Spina Bifida Whose Biological Father or Mother is a Vietnam Veteran
This document proposes to amend the evaluation criteria that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uses to determine the amount of the monthly monetary allowance that it pays to an individual born with spina bifida whose biological father or mother is a Vietnam veteran. The intended effect of this proposed amendment is to clarify the criteria...
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Appeals Regulations and Rules of Practice-Case Docketing
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) adjudicates appeals from decisions on claims for veterans' benefits filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This document updates the Board's procedures to reflect changes made by section 1003 of the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 and to reflect the change in the name of the United...
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Eligibility Reporting Requirements
This document adopts as a final rule the provisions of an interim final rule that amended the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning eligibility verification reports (EVRs) for recipients of pension under programs in effect prior to January 1, 1979. The amendment reduces the number of circumstances under which VA...
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Information Collection Needed in VA's Flight-Training Programs
We propose to amend our educational assistance and educational benefit regulations concerning flight-training courses for which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for eligible students. In this regard, we propose to require that flight schools offering such flight- training courses maintain records regarding students to whom VA makes...
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Modified Eligibility Criteria for the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty
This document amends the educational assistance and education benefit regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The amendments reflect statutory changes in the eligibility criteria for the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty which were made by the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998. This document also makes other changes for the...
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Outer Burial Receptacles
By statute the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is authorized to provide a monetary allowance for each new burial in a VA national cemetery where a privately-purchased outer burial receptacle is used in lieu of a government-furnished graveliner. This document proposes to establish a mechanism for implementing these provisions.
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Children Suffering from Spina Bifida Who Are Children of Vietnam Veterans
This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations concerning benefits for children suffering from spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans. This is necessary to implement statutory changes contained in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1997.
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Certification of Evidence for Proof of Service
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning the nature of evidence that VA will accept as proof of military service. Currently, VA will only accept original service documents or copies of service documents issued by the service department or by a public custodian of records. This...
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Per Diem for Adult Day Health Care of Veterans in State Homes
This document proposes to establish regulations setting forth a mechanism for paying per diem to State homes providing adult day health care to eligible veterans. The intended effect of the proposed regulations is to ensure that veterans receive high quality care in State homes.
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The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act
This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. These changes concern payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war; the provision of health care, education and home...
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Increase in Rates Payable Under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty
By statute, the monthly rates of basic educational assistance payable to veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty must be adjusted each fiscal year. In accordance with the statutory formula, the regulations governing rates of basic educational assistance payable under the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty for fiscal year 2000 (October 1,...
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Prohibition of Interment or Memorialization in National Cemeteries and Certain State Cemeteries Due to Commission of Capital Crimes
We propose to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations governing eligibility for interment or memorialization in national cemeteries and in State cemeteries receiving State cemetery grants from VA. The proposed rule concerns statutory provisions designed to ensure that the remains of certain persons who committed Federal or...
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Signature by Mark
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation that explains how a claimant can use a mark or a thumbprint in place of a signature. The intended effect of this amendment is to present the existing regulation in ``plain language'' and to remove an obsolete manual provision from VA's Adjudication Procedure...
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Veterans Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowance Rates
By statute, VA must determine each fiscal year what increase, if any, VA will pay in the monthly rates of basic subsistence allowance payable under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31. The statute provides a formula for this increase. We are changing the regulations governing the rates of basic subsistence allowance VA will pay under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 to...