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VA RIN: 2900-AP23 Publication ID: Fall 2017 
Title: Special Monthly Compensation for Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeks to amend its adjudication regulations to add an additional benefit for veterans with residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI).  This benefit was enacted by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010 and provides special monthly compensation for veterans with TBI who are in need of aid and attendance and in the absence of such aid and attendance, would require hospitalization, nursing home care, or other residential institutional care. Prior to the law’s enactment, veterans with TBI were not eligible for this benefit unless they had a separate service-related disability that qualified under the law.

 
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 
EO 13771 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3.350    38 CFR 3.552   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/21/2016  81 FR 93649   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/21/2017 
Final Action  06/00/2018 
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 Mandle
Policy Analyst, Regulations Staff (211D)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9694
Email: eric.mandle@va.gov