[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3128]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under (Pub. L. 
92-463) (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' Disability 
Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting for July 18-20, 2007 at the 
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC. The 
meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day and end at 5:15 p.m. 
on July 18 and 19. The July 20 session 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 meeting will feature final decisions on several 
Issue Papers tentatively approved during previous sessions, continuing 
discussions and tentative decisions on the Issue Papers addressing 
Concurrent Receipt and Survivors Concurrent Receipt, and stakeholder 
input on the three Issue Papers released in June 2007 for public 
comment. Those three Papers are entitled: Vocational Rehabilitation & 
Employment, Ancillary and Special Purpose Benefits, and the Transition 
Report. Draft sections of the Commission's final report and its guiding 
principles will also be addressed. The Government Accountability Office 
will brief the Commission on its findings regarding information 
technology sharing between VA and the Department of Defense (DoD). The 
Chairman of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves will 
present the findings and recommendations of that panel.
    The agenda will also feature an overview of the Institute of 
Medicine (IOM) Committee on Presumptions' final report and discussions 
of its findings and recommendations with the Commission. The Center for 
Naval Analyses (CNA) will present its final briefing on the comparison 
of DoD and VA disability ratings and the Executive Summary of its final 
report to the Commission. Topics raised in previous sessions will also 
be discussed at the meeting in great detail to include: a joint VA-DoD 
disability process; an assessment by the Institute for Defense Analysis 
of variations in VA ratings; and VA review of IOM final reports on the 
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Diagnosis & Assessment and PTSD 
Compensation studies.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission on July 18. Oral presentations will be limited to five 
minutes or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested 
parties may also 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: June 20, 2007.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3128 Filed 6-26-07; 8:45 am]
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