The Prudential Insurance Company of America                                       Sun-Jin Moon

Vice President and Corporate Counsel

The Prudential Insurance Company of America

213 Washington Street

Newark, NJ 07102-2992

(973) 802-9496 fax: (973) 802-9560

May 1, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:           Prudential Variable Appreciable Account

(Registration No. 33-20000)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant hereby certifies:  (i) that its Prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 was filed electronically on April 15, 2013 (Accession No. 0000828972-13-000012).

By:           /s/ Sun-Jin Moon                 

Sun-Jin Moon

Vice President and Corporate Counsel

The Prudential Insurance Company of America

via EDGAR