[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 53 (Friday, March 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6106]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on Disability Compensation will meet on April 6-7, 2009, at the Carlton 
Room, the St. Regis Washington, DC, 923 16th and K Streets, NW., from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the maintenance and periodic readjustment of the VA Schedule 
for Rating Disabilities. The Committee is to assemble and review 
relevant information relating to the nature and character of 
disabilities arising from service in the Armed Forces, provide an 
ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the rating schedule and give 
advice on the most appropriate means of responding to the needs of 
Veterans relating to disability compensation.
    The Committee will receive briefings about studies on compensation 
for Veterans with service-connected disabilities and other Veteran 
benefits programs. In the morning of April 6 and the afternoon of April 
7, the Committee will break into subcommittees to work on 
recommendations. Also, in the afternoon of April 7, time will be 
allocated for receiving public comments. Public comments will be 
limited to three minutes each. Individuals wishing to make oral 
statements before the Committee will be accommodated on a first-come, 
first-served basis.
    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: March 17, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-6106 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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