[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24108]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting for January 19-
20, 2006 at the Embassy Suites DC Convention Center, 900 10th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will begin each day at 9:30 a.m. On 
January 19, the meeting will end at 4:45 p.m., and on January 20 the 
meeting will end at 3 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the 
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to 
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and 
death attributable to military service.
    The agenda for the meeting will include updates on the proposed 
work plans of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the Institute of 
Medicine (IOM), firsthand accounts of disabled service members and 
veterans, an overview of the VA benefit claims appellate process and a 
discussion of future field visits to be conducted by Commission members 
during calendar year 2006.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission. Oral presentations will be limited to five minutes or less, 
depending on the number of participants. Interested parties may provide 
written comments for review by the Commission prior to the meeting, by 
e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to Mr. Ray 
Wilburn, Executive Director, Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, 
1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004.

    Dated: December 9, 2005.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-24108 Filed 12-15-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-M