[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 3136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-977]


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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 February 2-3, 2009, in the Carlton 
Room, at the St. Regis Washington, DC, 923 16th and K Streets, NW., 
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. The Committee will break into subcommittees on the 
afternoon of February 2 and the morning of February 3 to begin working 
on recommendations. An open forum for verbal statements from the public 
will be available in the afternoon on February 3. People wishing to 
make oral 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: January 12, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-977 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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