Veterans Affairs Department
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program to correct an unintended amendment to the TSGLI Schedule of Losses for payments for inability to perform at least two activities of daily living (ADL) for 15, 30, 60, and 90 consecutive day periods as a result of a traumatic injury other than a traumatic brain injury.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Veterans Affairs 38 CFR Part 9 [Docket No. VA-2024-VBA-0014] RIN 2900-AS12 AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program to correct an unintended amendment to the TSGLI Schedule of Losses for payments for inability to perform at least two activities of daily living (ADL) for 15, 30, 60, and 90 consecutive day periods as a result of a traumatic injury other than a traumatic brain injury. DATES: This final rule is effective January 22, 2026. ( printed page 59978) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Yerdon, Program Analyst, Insurance Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, (215) 842-2000, ext. 5494. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 15, 2023, VA published a final rule in the Federal Register that amended its regulations governing the TSGLI program. 88 FR 15907 . As part of this rulemaking, VA recodified the TSGLI Schedule of Losses and amended the eligibility standards for certain losses covered under the schedule. Following publication of the final rule, VA discovered that it had inadvertently changed the Schedule of Losses for inability to perform at least two ADLs as a result of a traumatic injury other than a traumatic brain injury. Neither the preamble to the proposed rule nor the preamble to the final rule addressed this change to the TSGLI regulation. See …
Citation: 90 FR 59977
