Notice2021-27947
Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans' Cemetery
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Published
December 27, 2021
Effective
January 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded state or tribal veterans' cemetery of veterans who die with no known next of kin and where there are insufficient resources for furnishing a burial container. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties of the rates that will apply to reimbursement claims that occur during calendar year (CY) 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73412-73413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27947]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed
Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans'
Cemetery
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the
monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for
interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded state or tribal
veterans' cemetery of veterans who die with no known next of kin and
where there are insufficient resources for furnishing a burial
container. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties
of the rates that will apply to reimbursement claims that occur during
calendar year (CY) 2022.
DATES: This notice is effective January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Sowders, National Cemetery
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 4850 Lemay Ferry Road,
Saint Louis, MO, 63129. The telephone number is 314-416-6369. This is
not a toll-free number.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States
Code, authorizes VA's National Cemetery Administration to furnish a
casket or urn for interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded
state or tribal veterans' cemetery of the unclaimed remains of veterans
for whom VA cannot identify a next of kin, and determines that
sufficient financial resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn
for burial are not available. VA established regulations to administer
this authority as a reimbursement benefit in 38 CFR 38.628.
In accordance with the regulation, reimbursement for a claim
received in any CY will not exceed the average cost of a 20-gauge metal
casket or a durable plastic urn during the fiscal year (FY) preceding
the CY of the claim, as determined by VA.
Average costs are based on market price analysis and previous year
actual reimbursements for 20-gauge metal caskets, designed to contain
human remains, with a gasketed seal, and external rails or handles. The
same analysis is completed for durable plastic urns, designed to
contain human remains, which include a secure closure to contain the
cremated remains.
Using this approach, in FY 2021, the average costs were determined
to be $1,362.00 for caskets and $120.00 for urns. Accordingly, the
maximum reimbursement rates payable for qualifying interments occurring
during CY 2022 are $1,362.00 for caskets and $120.00 for urns.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on December 20, 2021, and authorized the undersigned to sign
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-27947 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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