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VA RIN: 2900-AO84 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Specially Adapted Housing Eligibility for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Beneficiaries 
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulation regarding specially adapted housing (SAH). The amendment authorizes automatic issuance of a certificate of eligibility for SAH to all veterans and active servicemembers rated with totally disabling service-connected amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) under the ALS diagnostic code. The intent and effect of this amendment are to establish eligibility for SAH for all persons who are service-connected for ALS. This amendment will also lengthen the period during which ALS-afflicted veterans and servicemembers will be able to utilize the core SAH benefits. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 4.124(a)    38 CFR 3.809(b)   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 2101(a)(1)    38 USC 2101(a)(2)    38 USC 2101(b)    38 USC 2101(c)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  12/03/2013  78 FR 72573   
Interim Final Rule Effective  12/03/2013 
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  02/03/2014 
Final Rule  08/14/2014  79 FR 47585   
Final Action Effective  08/14/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas Kniffen
Compensation Service (211D)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9725
Fax:202 275-1728
Email: thomas.kniffen@va.gov