[Federal Register: November 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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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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