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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
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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) 2021.
DATES: The applicable date of this notice
is January 1, 2021.
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 314–461–6216. This is not a
toll-free number.
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
implemented regulations to administer
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this authority as a reimbursement
benefit in 38 CFR 38.628.
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.
Average costs are determined by market
analysis 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.
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Using this method of computation, in
FY 2020, the average costs were
determined to be $1,984.00 for caskets
and $145.00 for urns. Accordingly, the
maximum reimbursement rates payable
for qualifying interments occurring
during
CY 2021 are $1,984.00 for caskets and
$145.00 for urns.
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Brooks D. Tucker, Assistant Secretary
for Congressional and Legislative
Affairs, Performing the Delegable Duties
of the Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on December 31, 2020, for
publication.
Signing Authority
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of the Secretary, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
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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) 2021.
DATES: The applicable date of this notice is January 1, 2021.
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 314-461-6216. This is
not a toll-free number.
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 implemented regulations to administer
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this authority as a reimbursement benefit in 38 CFR 38.628.
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. Average costs are
determined by market analysis 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 method of computation, in FY 2020, the average costs
were determined to be $1,984.00 for caskets and $145.00 for urns.
Accordingly, the maximum reimbursement rates payable for qualifying
interments occurring during
CY 2021 are $1,984.00 for caskets and $145.00 for urns.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document 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. Brooks D.
Tucker, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs,
Performing the Delegable Duties of the Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 31, 2020, for
publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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