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Extension of Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Eligibility for Legacy Participants and Legacy Applicants
The Veterans Affairs Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 29, 2025. It took effect on September 30, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, an interim final rule that amended VA's regulations governing the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) and extended the transition period for legacy participants, legacy applicants, and their Family Caregivers (the legacy cohort) through September 30, 2025. This final rule will further extend the transition period for the legacy cohort through September 30, 2028.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-18827
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Published
- September 29, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 30, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective September 30, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. VA-2021-VHA-0018
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2900-AR28
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 38 CFR 71
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Claims; Health care; Health facilities; Health professions; Mental health programs; Public assistance programs; Travel and transportation expenses; Veterans
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 4
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