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VA RIN: 2900-AK65 Publication ID: Spring 2006 
Title: Filipino Veterans' Benefit Improvements 
Abstract: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by three Public Laws. First, Public Law 106-377, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, changed the rate of compensation payments to certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces, who reside in the U.S. Second, Public Law 106-419, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, changed the amount of monetary burial benefits that VA will pay to survivors of certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces who lawfully reside in the United States at death. This document adopts with changes the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2001, at 66 FR 66763. Additionally, this document implements Public Law 108-183, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, and solicits public comments on this regulatory amendment only. This public law added service in the Philippine Scouts as qualifying service for payment of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) and monetary burial benefits at the full-dollar rate, and provided for payment of DIC at the full-dollar rate to survivors of certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces who lawfully reside in the U.S. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3.8    38 CFR 3.10    38 CFR 3.1600   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 107   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  12/27/2001  66 FR 66763   
Interim Final Rule Effective  12/27/2001  66 FR 66763   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  02/25/2002  66 FR 66763   
Final Rule  02/16/2006  71 FR 8215   
Final Rule Effective  02/16/2006  71 FR 8215   
Second Interim Final Rule  02/16/2006  71 FR 8215   
Second Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  03/20/2006  71 FR 8215   
Final Action  12/00/2006    
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  
Related RINs: Related to 2900-AL76 
Agency Contact:
William F. Russo
Office of Regulation Policy and Management
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-4902
Email: bill.russo@va.gov