It describes the requirements for obtaining and documenting informed consent. This action is necessary to ensure that these loans are made only when they provide a real benefit to the veteran, and to protect the financial interest of the Government. The changes help avoid unnecessary remands.
Current regulations permit disinterment only with the consent of immediate family members.
For purposes of national cemetery disinterments, the regulation defines immediate family members to include the interred's surviving spouse whether or not the spouse has remarried. June C. Schaeffer, Assistant Director for Policy and Program Administration, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration.