[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20442-20443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3753]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veteran's 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 May 18-19, 
2006, at the Holiday Inn National Airport, 2650 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA. The meeting will begin each day at 8 a.m. On 
May 18, the meeting will end at 5 p.m., and on May 19 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 
deaths attributable to military service.
    The agenda for the session on May 18 will include an overview of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs National Compensation and Pension 
Exam Program located in Nashville, Tennessee, with additional briefings 
by QTC, Veterans Benefits Administration and Veterans Health 
Administration to address the process, quality, timeliness and cost of 
compensation and pension

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examinations. The agenda will also feature a report of the Commission's 
site visits to Illinois and Missouri, and the Government Accountability 
Office will present its findings of the disability benefits available 
to Federal, state and local employees who serve the public in high-risk 
occupants and are injured in the line of duty. The agenda for the 
session on May 19 will feature updates on the progress of the studies 
being conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Center for 
Naval Analyses (CNA), to include the results of CNA's literature 
review, and a continuing discussion of Social Security Disability 
Income.
    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: April 13, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3753 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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