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TABLE 1.—IMPROVED PENSION—

Continued

[Maximum annual rates]

Both veterans housebound, $14,469

One veteran housebound and one veteran in need of aid and attendance,

$17,575

For each dependent child, $1,404

(5) Surviving spouse alone and with a child

or children of the deceased veteran in custody of the surviving spouse (38 U.S.C.

1541):

Surviving spouse alone, $5,527

Surviving spouse and one child in his or

her custody, $7,240

For each additional child in his or her

custody, $1,404

(6) Surviving spouses in need of aid and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541):

Surviving spouse alone, $8,839

Surviving spouse and one child in his or

her custody, $10,548

For each additional child in his or her

custody, $1,404

(7) surviving spouses who are housebound

(38 U.S.C. 1541):

Surviving spouse alone, $6,758

Surviving spouse and one child in his or

her custody, $8,466

For each additional child in his or her

custody, $1,404

(8) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C. 1542),

$1,404

Reduction for income. The rate

payable is the applicable maximum rate

minus the countable annual income of

the eligible person. (38 U.S.C. 1521,

1541 and 1542).

Mexican border period and World

War I veterans. The applicable

maximum annual rate payable to a

Mexican border period or World War I

veteran under this table shall be

increased by $1,867. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g))

Parents’ DIC

DIC shall be paid monthly to parents

of a deceased veteran in the following

amounts (38 U.S.C. 1315):

TABLE 2

[One parent. If there is only one parent, the

monthly rate of DIC paid to such parent

shall be $391 reduced on the basis of the

parent’s annual income according to the following formula:]

For each $1 of annual income

The $391

monthly rate

shall be reduced by

Which is

more than

But not more

than

$0.00 $0 $800

.08 800 9,381

No DIC is payable under this table if

annual income exceeds $9,381.

One parent who has remarried. If

there is only one parent and the parent

has remarried and is living with the

parent’s spouse, DIC shall be paid under

Table 2 or under Table 4, whichever

shall result in the greater being paid to

the veteran’s parent. In the case of

remarriage, the total combined annual

income of the parent and the parent’s

spouse shall be counted in determing

the monthly rate of DIC.

Two parents not living together. The

rates in Table 3 apply to (1) two parents

who are not living together, or (2) an

unmarried parent when both parents are

living and the other parent has

remarried. The monthly rate of DIC paid

to each such parent shall be $281

reduced on the basis of each parent’s

annual income, according to the

following formula:

TABLE 3

For each $1 of annual income

The $281

monthly rate

shall be reduced by

Which is

more than

But not more

than

$0.00 $0 $800

.06 800 900

0.7 900 1,100

.08 1,100 9,381

No DIC is payable under this table if

annual income exceeds $9,381.

Two parents living together or

remarried parents living with spouses.

The rates in Table 4 apply to each

parent living with another parent; and

each remarried parent, when both

parents are alive. The monthly rate of

DIC paid to such parents will be $264

reduced on the basis of the combined

annual income of the two parents living

together or the remarried parent or

parents and spouse or spouses, as

computed under the following formula:

TABLE 4

For each $1 of annual income

The $264

monthly rate

shall be reduced by

Which is

more than

But not more

than

$.00 $0 $1,000

.03 1,000 1,500

.04 1,500 1,900

.05 1,900 2,400

.06 2,400 2,900

.07 2,900 3,200

.08 3,200 12,611

No DIC is payable under this table if

annual income exceeds $12,611.

The rates in this table are also

applicable in the case of one surviving

parent who has remarried, computed on

the basis of the combined income of the

parent and spouse, if this would be a

greater benefit than that specified in

Table 2 for one parent.

Aid and attendance. The monthly rate

of DIC payable to a parent under Table

2 through 4 shall be increased by $209

if such parent is (1) a patient in a

nursing home, or (2) helpless or blind,

or so nearly helpless or blind as to need

or require the regular aid and

attendance of another person.

Minimum rate. The monthly rate of

DIC payable to any parent under Tables

2 through 4 shall not be less than $5.

TABLE 5.—SECTION 306 PENSION

INCOME LIMITATIONS

(1) Veteran or surviving spouse with no dependents, $9,381 (Pub. L. 95–588, section

306(a)).

(2) Veteran with no dependents in need of

aid and attendance, $9,881 (38 U.S.C.

1521(d) as in effect on December 31,

1978).

(3) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or

more dependents, $12,611 (Pub. L. 95–

588, section 306(a)).

(4) Veteran with one or more dependents in

need of aid and attendance, $13,111 (38

U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December

31, 1978).

(5) Child (no entitled veteran or surviving

spouse), $7,668 (Pub. L. 95–588, section

306(a)).

(6) Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR

3.262), $2,992 (Pub. L. 95–588, section

306(a)(2)(B)).

TABLE 6.—OLD-LAW PENSION INCOME

LIMITATIONS

(1) Veteran or surviving spouse without dependents or an entitled child, $8,211 (Pub.

L. 95–588, section 306(b)).

(2) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or

more dependents, $11,840 (Pub. L. 95–

588, section 306(b)).

Dated: December 8, 1995.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Poverty Threshold

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice of

the weighted average poverty threshold

in 1994 for one person (unrelated

individual) as established by the Bureau

of the Census.

DATES: The 1994 poverty threshold is for

consideration effective October 5, 1995,
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the date on which it was established by

the Bureau of the Census.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul Trowbridge, Consultant,

Regulations Staff, Compensation and

Pension Service, Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–7210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA

published a final regulation amendment

38 CFR 4.16(a) in the Federal Register

on August 3, 1990, pages 31579–80. The

amendment provided that marginal

employment generally shall be deemed

to exist when a veteran’s earned annual

income does not exceed the amount

established by the Bureau of the Census

as the poverty threshold for one person.

VA noted that the weighted average

poverty threshold in 1988 for one

person (unrelated individual) as

established by the Bureau of Census was

$6.024 and stated we would publish

subsequent poverty threshold figures as

notices in Federal Register.

The Bureau of the Census recently

published the weighted average poverty

thresholds for 1994. The threshold for

one person (unrelated individual) is

$7,547.

Dated: December 8, 1995.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–30642 Filed 12–15–95; 8:45 am]

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