[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR3.32]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 3_ADJUDICATION--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A_Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity 
                              Compensation
 
Sec. 3.32  Exchange rates for foreign currencies.

    When determining the rates of pension or parents' DIC or the amounts 
of burial, plot or headstone allowances or accrued benefits to which a 
claimant or beneficiary may be entitled, income received or expenses 
paid in a foreign currency shall be converted into U.S. dollar 
equivalents employing quarterly exchange rates established by the 
Department of the Treasury.
    (a) Pension and parents' DIC. (1) Because exchange rates for foreign 
currencies cannot be determined in advance, rates of pension and 
parents' DIC shall be projected using the most recent quarterly exchange 
rate and shall be adjusted retroactively based upon actual exchange 
rates when an annual eligibility verification report is filed.
    (2) Retroactive adjustments due to fluctuations in exchange rates 
shall be calculated using the average of the four most recent quarterly 
exchange rates. If the claimant reports income and expenses for a prior 
reporting period, the retroactive adjustment shall be calculated using 
the average of the four quarterly rates which were the most recent 
available on the closing date of the twelve-month period for which 
income and expenses are reported.
    (b) Burial, plot or headstone allowances and accrued benefits. 
Payment amounts for burial, plot or headstone allowances and claims for 
accrued benefits as reimbursement from the person who bore the expenses 
of a deceased beneficiary's last illness or burial shall be determined 
using the quarterly exchange rate for the quarter in which the expenses 
forming the basis of the claim

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were paid. If the claim is filed by an unpaid creditor, however, the 
quarterly rate for the quarter in which the veteran died shall apply. 
When entitlement originates during a quarter for which the Department of 
the Treasury has not yet published a quarterly rate, amounts due shall 
be calculated using the most recent quarterly exchange rate.

    Cross-references: Accrued benefits. See Sec. 3.1000. Accrued 
benefits payable to foreign beneficiaries. See Sec. 3.1008.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501)

[55 FR 8140, Mar. 7, 1990; 55 FR 10867, Mar. 23, 1990]

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