[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 76978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28030]


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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 2003 for one 
person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the 
Census. The amount is $9,393.

DATES: For VA determinations, the 2003 poverty threshold is effective 
August 26, 2004, 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 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 as notices in the Federal Register.
    The Bureau of the Census recently published the weighted average 
poverty thresholds for 2003. The threshold for one person (unrelated 
individual) is $9,393.

    Dated: December 14, 2004.
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-28030 Filed 12-22-04; 8:45 am]
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