[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29042-29043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2558]


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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 7-8, 
2007, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, 
DC. The meeting sessions will begin at 8 a.m. and end between 5-5:30 
p.m. each day. 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 meeting will feature updates on the progress of 
the studies being conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and 
the Institute of Medicine (IOM). There will be additional discussions 
with CNA on topics of ongoing research and analyses. The IOM Committees 
on Presumptions and Medical Evaluation of Veterans for Disability are 
expected to provide an overview of each Committee's final report and 
discuss their findings with the Commission. The Commission will receive 
presentations on several draft

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Issue Papers in various stages of development, discuss priorities for 
future meetings and sections of the Commissions final report.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission on June 8. Oral presentations will be limited to five 
minutes or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested 
parties may also provide written statements for review by the 
Commission prior to the meeting or at any time, 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 17, 2007.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2558 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]
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