83 FR 5166 - Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: Application For Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by Parent(s) (Including Accrued Benefits and Death Compensation when Applicable)

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 24 (February 5, 2018)

Page Range		5166-5166
FR Document		2018-02215

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5166]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02215]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0005]


Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: 
Application For Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by Parent(s) 
(Including Accrued Benefits and Death Compensation when Applicable)

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 7, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0005'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of 
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont 
Avenue, Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or 
email [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 
2900-0005'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1121, 1310, 5121.

    Title: Application For Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by 
Parent(s) (Including Accrued Benefits and Death Compensation when 
Applicable)
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0005.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 1121 and 1310 provide for payment of Dependency 
and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or death compensation to parents of a 
Veteran whose death is service-connected. Parents must also meet income 
limitations to be eligible for benefits. 38 U.S.C. 5121 provides for 
payment of accrued benefits. VBA uses 21P-535 to collect the 
information necessary to determine a surviving parent's eligibility to 
Parents' DIC benefits.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at XX FR XXXXX on December XX, 2017.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,320.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 72 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,600.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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respondents, including through the use SUMMARY: In compliance with the of information was published at XX FR
of automated collection techniques or Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of XXXXX on December XX, 2017.
the use of other forms of information 1995, this notice announces that the Affected Public: Individuals or
technology. Veterans Benefits Administration Households.
Authority: 38 U.S.C. Parts 51 and 52. (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, Estimated Annual Burden: 4,320.
will submit the collection of Estimated Average Burden per
Title: VSO Access to VHA Electronic information abstracted below to the Respondent: 72 minutes.
Health Records, VA Form 10–0400. Office of Management and Budget Frequency of Response: Once.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0710.
(OMB) for review and comment. The Estimated Number of Respondents:
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection. PRA submission describes the nature of 3,600.
Abstract: The information is being the information collection and its By direction of the Secretary.
used to establish VA Veterans Health expected cost and burden and it Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Information Systems Technology includes the actual data collection
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Architecture (VistA) computer accounts instrument. Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
for Veteran Service Officers (VSO’s) DATES: Comments must be submitted on Veterans Affairs.
who have been granted Power Of or before March 7, 2018. [FR Doc. 2018–02215 Filed 2–2–18; 8:45 am]
Attorney by veterans who have medical ADDRESSES: Submit written comments BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
information recorded in VA electronic on the collection of information through
health records. This information is
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
collected under the authority of Title 38, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
CFR parts 51 and 52, Veterans Benefits. AFFAIRS
The information will be used by VHA Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
Office of Health Information VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, Publication of Choice Act Section 201
Governance and/or contractors to create Washington, DC 20503 or sent through Independent Assessments and
accounts in the VistA computer system electronic mail to oira_submission@ Report—Change of Website Location
for VSO’s. The information collected is omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
used for a national roll-out of a project Control No. 2900–0005’’ in any AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
targeted at providing more efficient correspondence. ACTION: Notice.
benefits processing services to veterans. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The VistA system requires a minimal set SUMMARY: This Federal Register Notice
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
of data to create an account, which has announces a change in website location
Privacy and Risk, Department of
been reflected on the form. After the of a 2015 report entitled, ‘‘Independent
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
initial roll-out, the burden to the Assessment of the Health Care Delivery
Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC
government will be minimal, only Systems and Management Processes of
20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
involving VSO staff turnover. the Department of Veterans Affairs
cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please
Affected Public: Individuals or (Independent Assessment Report).’’ The
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0005’’
Households. Independent Assessment Report was
in any correspondence.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 17 required by Section 201 of the Veterans
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1121, 1310, 5121. of 2014 (Choice Act). Section 201 also
Respondent: 2 minutes. required the Secretary of Veterans
Title: Application For Dependency
Frequency of Response: Yearly. Affairs (VA) to publish the Report in the
and Indemnity Compensation by
Estimated Number of Respondents: Federal Register and on a Department
Parent(s) (Including Accrued Benefits
500. internet website accessible to the public.
and Death Compensation when
By direction of the Secretary. VA published the Federal Register
Applicable)
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Notice, which included the website
OMB Control Number: 2900–0005.
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
address on September 18, 2015.
Type of Review: Extension without
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of change of a currently approved ADDRESSES: The Independent
Veterans Affairs. collection. Assessment Report is now available on
[FR Doc. 2018–02221 Filed 2–2–18; 8:45 am] Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 1121 and 1310 the following website: https://
BILLING CODE 8320–01–P provide for payment of Dependency and www.va.gov/HEALTHPOLICY
Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or death PLANNING/section1.asp.
compensation to parents of a Veteran FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS whose death is service-connected. Laura Bowman, Program Analyst,
AFFAIRS Parents must also meet income Veterans Health Administration, 810
[OMB Control No. 2900–0005] limitations to be eligible for benefits. 38 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
U.S.C. 5121 provides for payment of 20420 Telephone: (202) 461–7100. (This
Agency Information Collection Activity accrued benefits. VBA uses 21P–535 to is not a toll-free number).
under OMB Review: Application For collect the information necessary to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
Dependency and Indemnity determine a surviving parent’s 201 of the Choice Act required the
Compensation by Parent(s) (Including eligibility to Parents’ DIC benefits. Secretary to contract with a private
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Accrued Benefits and Death An agency may not conduct or entity to conduct an independent
Compensation when Applicable) sponsor, and a person is not required to assessment of VA health care. Within 60
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits respond to a collection of information days of completing the assessment, the
Administration, Department of Veterans unless it displays a currently valid OMB private entity was required to submit a
Affairs. control number. The Federal Register report of its findings and
Notice with a 60-day comment period recommendations. The Secretary was
ACTION: Notice.
soliciting comments on this collection then required to publish the report in

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before March 7, 2018.
Contact		Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email [email protected] Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0005'' in any correspondence.
FR Citation		83 FR 5166