# Graves Marked With a Private Headstone or Marker
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2008-05-13 · Effective 2008-05-13 · 73 FR 27462
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-10635
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 27462
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 38
- **Publication date:** 2008-05-13
- **Effective date:** 2008-05-13
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations regarding the authority to provide a Government-furnished headstone or marker for placement on already marked graves of eligible veterans in private cemeteries. Pursuant to section 203 of the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007, Congress has authorized VA to make this provision permanent and retroactive to November 1, 1990. This final rule is necessary to incorporate a statutory amendment into VA regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/05/13/E8-10635/graves-marked-with-a-private-headstone-or-marker)
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