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Federal Register | Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Payable to a Surviving
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Payable to a Surviving Spouse With One or More Children Under Age 18
SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to amend its adjudication regulation regarding the additional statutory amount of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) payable to a surviving spouse with one or more children below the age of 18. The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006 redesignated the statutory section cited in VA's governing regulation. This amendment is necessary to conform the regulation to the statutory provision.
DATES: Effective Date:This final rule is effective July 10, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy A. Copeland, Consultant, Regulations Staff (211D), Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9685. (This is not a toll-free number.)
The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 amended 38 U.S.C. 1311, Dependency and indemnity compensation [DIC] to a surviving spouse, by adding a subsection (e) which provides a $250 increase in the monthly rate of DIC to which a surviving spouse with one or more children below the age of 18 is entitled. Sec. 301, Public Law 108-454, 118 Stat. 3610. This statutory change was incorporated as 38 CFR 3.10(e)(4).See71 FR 44915, Aug. 8, 2006.
However, because 38 U.S.C. 1311 already contained a subsection (e), Congress amended 38 U.S.C. 1311 by redesignating the new subsection (e) as subsection (f).SeeSec. 4, Public Law 109-361, 120 Stat. 2063. To reflect this statutory technical amendment, VA is amending the first sentence of 38 CFR 3.10(e)(4) to change the citation from 38 U.S.C. 1311(e) to 38 U.S.C. 1311(f).
We are also removing the authority citation at the end of paragraph (e). This citation is unnecessary because the regulation text itself contains the correct statutory citation and the authority citation at the end of § 3.10 includes § 1311 in its entirety.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs finds that there is good cause under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to publish this rule without prior opportunity for public comment. The change made by this rule merely reflects a minor statutory technical amendment. Therefore, VA is issuing this rule as a final rule.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. John R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on July 3, 2012, for publication.
Dated: July 5, 2012. Robert C. McFetridge, Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
PART 3—ADJUDICATION Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 1. The authority citation for part 3, subpart A continues to read as follows: Authority:
§ 3.10 [Amended]
2. Amend § 3.10 by: a. In paragraph (e)(4), removing “38 U.S.C. 1311(e)” and adding, in its place, “38 U.S.C. 1311(f)”. b. Removing the authority citation at the end of paragraph (e)(4).