38 C.F.R. § 3.261 Character of income; exclusions and estates.
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 3—ADJUDICATION
Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
Regulations Applicable to Programs in Effect Prior to January 1, 1979
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§ 3.261 Character of income; exclusions and estates.
The following factors will be considered in determining whether a claimant meets the requirements of §§3.250, 3.251 and 3.252 with reference to dependency, income limitations and corpus of estate:
(a) Income.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dependency and Pension; old-law Pension; section 306 Income Dependency (parents) indemnity compensation (veterans, surviving (veterans, surviving See_ (parents) spouses and children) spouses and children)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Total income from employment, Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. § 3.262(a). business, investments, or rents.(2) Income of spouse............... ......do.............. ......do.............. Excluded............. ......do............. § 3.262(b).(3) Earnings of members of family ......do.............. Excluded.............. ......do............. Excluded............. § 3.250(b)(2). under legal age. § 3.252(e)(3).(4) Earned income of child-claimant ...................... ...................... Included............. ......do.............(5) Gifts, including contributions from adult members of family: Property......................... ......do.............. Included.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(k). Money............................ ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. Included.............(6) Value of maintenance by Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(c). relative, friend, or organization.(7) Rental value of property owned ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. by and resided in by claimant.(8) Charitable donations........... ......do.............. ......do.............. Included............. ......do............. § 3.262(d).(9) Family allowance authorized by Included.............. Included.............. ......do............. Included............. service personnel.(10) Reasonable value of allowances ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. Included except as to person in service in addition earned income of to base pay. child-claimant.(11) Mustering-out pay............. Excluded.............. ......do.............. Excluded............. ......do.............(12) Six-months' death gratuity.... ......do.............. Excluded.............. ......do............. Excluded.............(13) Bonus or similar cash gratuity Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. paid by any State based on service in Armed Forces of United States.(14) Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan; Survivor Benefit Plan (10 U.S.C. ch. 73): Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan (Subch. I): Annuities...................... ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. Refund (10 U.S.C. 1446)........ Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. Survivor Benefit Plan (Subch. II) ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(e). (Pub. L. 92-425; 86 Stat. 706).Annuity under § 653, Pub. L. Included.............. Included.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(r) 100-456.(15) Retirement pay received direct Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. § 3.262(e). from service department. ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(h).(16) Retirement benefits; general.. ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(e).(17) Social security benefits: Old age and survivors', and Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. § 3.262(f). disability insurance. Charitable programs............ Excluded.............. Excluded.............. ......do............. Excluded............. Lump-sum death payments........ Included.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. Supplemental security income... Excluded.............. Excluded.............. ......do............. ......do.............(18) Railroad Retirement benefits.. ......do.............. Included.............. Disability Included............. § 3.262(g). pension_Excluded Death pension_Included.(19) Retirement pay waived under Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. ......do............. § 3.262(h). Federal statute.(20) Department of Veterans Affairs payments: Pension.......................... Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. Compensation and dependency and ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. indemnity compensation. World War I adjusted compensation ......do.............. Included.............. ......do............. Included............. U.S. Government life insurance or Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. national service life insurance for disability or death, maturity of endowment policies, and dividends, including special and termination dividends. Servicemembers' group life ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. insurance. Veterans' group life insurance... ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. Servicemembers' indemnity........ ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. Subsistence allowance (38 U.S.C. Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. ch. 31). Veterans educational assistance ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. in excess of amounts expended for training (38 U.S.C. ch. 34). Educational assistance (38 U.S.C. ...................... ...................... Excluded............. Excluded............. ch. 35). Special allowance under 38 U.S.C. Excluded.............. Included.............. ......do............. Included............. 1312(a). Statutory burial allowance....... ......do.............. Excluded.............. ......do............. Excluded............. Accrued.......................... ......do.............. Included, except ......do............. Included, except accrued as accrued as reimbursement. reimbursement.(21) Compensation (civilian) for Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. § 3.262(i). injury or death.(22) Contributions by a public or private employer to a: Public or private health or Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. hospitalization plan for an active or retired employee. Retired employee as reimbursement Included.............. Included.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. for premiums for supplementary medical insurance benefits under the Social Security Program (Pub. L. 91-588; 84 Stat. 1580).(23) Overtime pay; Government Included.............. Included.............. Disability Included............. employees. pension_Excluded. Death pension_Included.(24) Commercial life insurance; Included (as received) Included (as received) Included (special Included (as § 3.262(j). disability, accident, or health provision). received). insurance, less payments of medical or hospital expenses resulting from the accident or disease for which payments are made.(25) Commercial annuities or ......do.............. Included (special ......do............. Included (special § 3.262(j). endowments. provision). provision).(26) Dividends from commercial Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. insurance.(27) Insurance under Merchant Included.............. Included.............. Included............. Included............. Marine Act of 1936, as amended.(28) Reimbursement for casualty Included.............. Excluded.............. Included............. Included............. § 3.262(t) loss (Pub. L. 100-687).Other fire Insurance............... Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(t)(29) Bequests, devises and inheritances: Property......................... Included.............. Excluded.............. Included............. ......do............. § 3.262(k). Money............................ ......do.............. Included.............. ......do............. Included............. Joint bank accounts.............. ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. Excluded............. § 3.262(k)(1).(30) Profit from sale of property.. Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(k).(31) Jury duty or obligatory civic ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. duties.(32) Relocation payments (Pub. L. ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(c). 90-448; Pub. L. 90-495).(33) The following programs administered by the ACTION Agency: Foster Grandparent Program and ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(q)(1). Older Americans Community Service Programs payments (Pub. L. 93-29; 87 Stat. 55). Volunteers in Service to America ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(q)(2). (VISTA), University Year for ACTION (UYA), Program for Local Services (PLS), ACTION Cooperative Volunteers (ACV), Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), and Older American Community Service Programs, Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Senior Companion Program (Pub. L. 93-113; 87 Stat. 394).(34) The Service Corps of Retired ......do.............. ......do.............. ......do............. ......do............. § 3.262(q)(2). Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) administered by the Small Business Administration. (Pub. L. 93-113; 87 Stat. 394).(35) Agent Orange settlement Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(s) payments (Pub. L. 101-201).(36) Restitution to individuals of Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(u) Japanese ancestry (Pub. L. 100- 383).(37) Income received by American Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. 3.262(v) Indian beneficiaries from Trust or Restricted lands (Pub. L. 103-66).(38) Income received under Section Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Included............. Included............. 3.262(w) 6 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Pub. L. 101-426).(39) Cash, stock, land or other Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(x) interests received from a Native Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).(40) Monetary allowance under 38 Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262(y) U.S.C. chapter 18 for certain individuals who are children of Vietnam veterans (38 U.S.C. 1823(c)).(41) Income received under the Excluded \1\.......... Excluded \1\.......... Excluded \1\......... Excluded \1\......... § 3.262(z) Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601-10605)..(42) Income received under the Excluded.............. Excluded.............. Excluded............. Excluded............. § 3.262 (aa) Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program (42 U.S.C. 1395w-141(g)(6)).--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ The compensation received through a crime victim compensation program will be excluded from income computations unless the total amount of assistance received from all federally funded programs is sufficient to fully compensate the claimant for losses suffered as a result of the crime.
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(b) Deduction of amounts paid by claimant.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pension; old-law Pension; section 306 Dependency and (veterans, surviving (veterans, surviving Deduction Dependency (parents) indemnity compensation spouses, and spouses, and See children) children)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Unusual medical expenses....... Not authorized........ Authorized............ Not authorized....... Authorized........... §§ 3.262(b)(1) and (1).(2) Veteran: just debts, expenses Not authorized........ Authorized, except Not authorized....... Authorized........... §§ 3.262(m) of last illness and burial. debts. and (o).(3) Veteran's spouse or child: Not authorized........ Not authorized........ Not authorized....... Authorized........... § 3.262(n). expenses of last illness and burial.(4) Parent's spouse: just debts; Not authorized........ Authorized............ ..................... ..................... § 3.262(o). expenses of last illness and burial.(5) Prepayment on real property Not authorized........ Not authorized........ Not authorized....... Authorized........... §§ mortgages after death of spouse 3.262(k)(6). (Pub. L. 91-588).--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pension; section 306 Dependency and Pension; old-law (veterans, surviving Dependency (parents) indemnity compensation (veterans, widows, spouses, and See and children) children)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Considered Not considered........ Not considered....... Considered........... § 3.263. conditionally........--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[28 FR 31, Jan. 1, 1963, as amended at 29 FR 15205, Nov. 11, 1964; 31 FR 15632, Dec. 13, 1966; 33 FR 15286, Oct. 15, 1968; 36 FR 8446, May 6, 1971; 37 FR 6677, Apr. 1, 1972; 37 FR 7092, Apr. 8, 1972; 37 FR 21436, Oct. 11, 1972; 38 FR 872, Jan. 5, 1973; 38 FR 26804, Sept. 26, 1973; 38 FR 28826, Oct. 17, 1973; 40 FR 13305, Mar. 26, 1975; 40 FR 57459, Dec. 10, 1975; 41 FR 17386, Apr. 26, 1976; 42 FR 43834, Aug. 31, 1977; 57 FR 59298, Dec. 15, 1992; 58 FR 12174, Mar. 3, 1993; 58 FR 31909, June 7, 1993; 58 FR 33766, June 21, 1993; 59 FR 37696, July 25, 1994; 60 FR 2522, Jan. 10, 1995; 60 FR 18355, Apr. 11, 1995; 62 FR 51278, Sept. 30, 1997; 67 FR 49586, July 31, 2002; 68 FR 60852, Oct. 24, 2003; 70 FR 15591, Mar. 28, 2005]
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