[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32192-32193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5070]


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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 June 21-22, 
2006, in Room 340, Cannon House Office Building, U.S. House of 
Representatives, in Washington, DC. The meeting will begin each day at 
9 a.m. On June 21 the meeting will end at 4:30 p.m., and on June 22 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 two-day session 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

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address the process, quality, timeliness and cost of compensation and 
pension examinations. There will be a summary report of the 
Commission's site visit to California, and the Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) will present its findings on a study 
conducted to assess VA's Individual Unemployability program. The agenda 
will include updates on the progress of the research and studies being 
conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Center for Naval 
Analyses (CNA).
    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 
provided 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: May 26, 2006.

    By Director of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5070 Filed 6-1-06; 8:45 am]
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