# Total and Permanent Disability Discharge of Loans Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act
> **US Department of Education** · Interim final regulations. · Published 2019-11-26 · Effective 2020-07-01 · 84 FR 65000
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-25813
- **Category:** education-loans
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 65000
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 674
- **Publication date:** 2019-11-26
- **Effective date:** 2020-07-01
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2019-FSA-0115
## Abstract

The Department of Education (Department) issues these interim final regulations to amend and update the regulations for total and permanent disability student loan discharge for veterans by removing administrative burdens that may have prevented at least 20,000 totally and permanently disabled veterans from obtaining discharges of their student loans, as the law provides. These barriers create significant and unnecessary hardship for these veterans. Removing these barriers is a matter of pressing national concern. Although the Department construes its interim final rulemaking power narrowly, under these circumstances the Department finds good cause to implement the rule immediately.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/26/2019-25813/total-and-permanent-disability-discharge-of-loans-under-title-iv-of-the-higher-education-act)
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