[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34035]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Poverty Threshold

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice of 
the weighted average poverty threshold established for 1996 for one 
person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the 
Census. T.he amount is $7,995.

DATES: For VA determinations, the 1996 poverty threshold is effective 
September 29, 1997, the date on which it was established by the Bureau 
of the Census.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Trowbridge, Consultant, 
Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420, (202) 273-7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a final rule amending 38 CFR 
4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August 3, 1990, 55 Fed. Reg. 31,579. 
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. The provisions of 38 CFR 4.16(a) use the 
poverty threshold as a standard in defining marginal employment when 
considering total disability ratings for compensation based on 
unemployability of an individual. We stated we would publish subsequent 
poverty threshold figures notices in the Federal Register.
    The Bureau of the Census recently published the weighted average 
poverty thresholds for 1996. T.he threshold for one person (unrelated 
individuals) is $7,995.

    Dated: December 22, 1997.
Hershel W. Gober,
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-34035 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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