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M21-1 and 38 CFR changes, week of Oct 15, 2018

1 38 CFR section changed this week. Each change shows the passages added and removed, compared with the previous stored version.

38 CFR

Oct 17, 2018

Added

For the definition of what constitutes a medical expense, see § 3.278, Deductible medical expenses.
(s) Reimbursement for casualty loss.
(t) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
For the purposes of parents' dependency and indemnity compensation and dependency of parents under § 3.250, there shall be excluded from income computation payments under Section 6 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990.
(u) Income tax returns.
VA will exclude from income payments from income tax returns.
See § 3.279(d)(1).

and 6 more added passages

Removed

Link to an amendment published at 83 FR 47268, Sept.
(s) Agent Orange settlement payments.
In claims for pension and parents' dependency and indemnity income, there shall be excluded from computation of income payments received by any person in the case of In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (MDL No.
(January 1, 1989)

and 44 more removed passages

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