[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19659]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on VA Disability Compensation and Related 
Benefits; Notice of Establishment

    As required by Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs hereby gives notice of the 
establishment of the Advisory Committee on VA Disability Compensation 
and Related Benefits. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs had determined 
that establishing the Committee is both necessary and in the public 
interest.
    The Advisory Committee on VA Disability Compensation and Related 
Benefits will advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on establishing 
and supervising a schedule to conduct periodic reviews of each of the 
body systems in the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD), and to 
make recommendations on the possible expansion of VA benefits to 
address the impact on quality of life, the need for transition 
assistance, and the potential for successful rehabilitation.
    Committee members will be selected by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs. The Committee's membership will be selected from among 
recognized experts, veterans, and others with special competence in 
areas such as disability claims adjudication, vocational 
rehabilitation, disability programs management, workers' compensation, 
rehabilitative medicine, mental health research, military medical 
services management, veterans' benefits advocacy, and survivor benefits 
advocacy.

    Dated: August 19, 2008.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-19659 Filed 8-25-08; 8:45 am]
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