[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68827-68828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33085]


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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 1997 for one 
person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the 
Census. The amount is $8,183.

DATES: For VA determinations, the 1997 poverty threshold is effective 
September 9, 1998, the date on which it was established by the Bureau 
of the Census.


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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 FR 31579. 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 as notices in the Federal Register.
    The Bureau of the Census recently published the weighted average 
poverty thresholds for 1997. The threshold for one person (unrelated 
individual) is $8,183.

    Dated: December 3, 1998.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-33085 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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