[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 225 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 70416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27660]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on 
Disability Compensation will meet on December 8, 2008. The meeting will 
be held at the St. Regis Washington DC, 923 16th and K Streets, NW., in 
the Carlton Room, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to 
the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on establishing and supervising a schedule to conduct periodic 
reviews of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
    The Committee will receive briefings about studies on compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and other veteran 
benefits programs. An open forum for verbal statements from the public 
will be available in the afternoon. People wishing to make verbal 
statements before the Committee will be accommodated on a first-come, 
first-served basis and will be provided three minutes per statement.
    Interested persons may submit written statements to the Committee 
before the meeting, or within 10 days after the meeting, by sending 
them to Ms. Ersie Farber, Designated Federal Officer, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration (211A), 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public wishing to 
attend the meeting should contact Ms. Farber at (202) 461-9728.

    Dated: November 14, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27660 Filed 11-19-08; 8:45 am]
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