[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 66531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29460]


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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 2002 for one 
person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the 
Census. The amount is $9,183.

DATES: For VA determinations, the 2002 poverty threshold is effective 
October 14, 2003, 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 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 2002. The threshold for one person (unrelated 
individual) is $9,183.

    Dated: November 19, 2003.
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-29460 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
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