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VA RIN: 2900-AO95 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: Applicants for VA Memorialization Benefits 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations defining who may apply for a headstone or marker.  The intended effect of this final rule would be to expand the types of individuals who may request headstones and markers on behalf of decedents.  This amendment would address concerns that the existing applicant definition is too restrictive and results in identified veteran grave sites going unmarked. 

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 38.600    38 CFR 38.632   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2306   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/01/2014  79 FR 59176   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/01/2014 
Final Action  03/00/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Eric Powell
Acting Director
Department of Veterans Affairs
Memorial Programs Service (41B), 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 632-8670

Patricia Lynch Watts
Director (42E)
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-5950
Email: patricia.watts@va.gov