[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65431-65432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31506]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this 
information collection. This request for

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comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Comments should address the 
accuracy of the burden estimates and ways to minimize the burden 
including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of 
other forms of information technology, as well as other relevant 
aspects of the information collection.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the 
collection of information should be on or before February 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans 
Benefits Administration (20S52), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. All comments will become a 
matter of public record and will be summarized in the VBA request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In this document VBA is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:

    OMB Control Number: 2900-0002.
    Title and Form Number: Income-Net Worth and Employment Statement, 
VA Form 21-527.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: The form is used by the claimant to submit a 
supplemental claim for disability pension or disability compensation 
based on individual unemployability. The information is necessary to 
determine eligibility to these benefits. The form is being revised to 
request additional information for purposes of Electronic Funds 
Transfer (EFT).
    Current Actions: The information is used by the VBA to determine 
eligibility and benefit rates for veterans' disability pension and 
compensation based on individual unemployability.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 104,440 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 60 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 104,440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Administration 
(20S52), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, Telephone (202) 273-7079 or FAX (202) 275-4884.

    Dated: November 26, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 96-31506 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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