[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27329-27330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12277]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0059]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Statement of Person Claiming To Have Stood in Relation of Parent

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0059'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise 
Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0059'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.

    Title: Statement of Person Claiming to Have Stood in Relation of 
Parent (VA Form 21P-524).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0059.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its 
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), administers an integrated 
program of benefits and services, established by law, for veterans, 
service personnel, and their dependents and/or beneficiaries.
    38 U.S.C. 1310 established Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 
(DIC), a benefit payable to the survivors of a Veteran who dies from a 
service-connected or compensable disability.
    38 U.S.C. 1315 established Dependency and Indemnity Compensation to 
parents (known as Parents' DIC). Parents' DIC is monthly benefit 
payable to the surviving parent(s) of a deceased Veteran. The monthly 
benefit payable is dependent of the parent(s) based on the parent's 
(parents') annual income. An additional monthly amount is payable if 
the parent is a patient in a nursing home, blind, or so nearly blind or 
significantly disabled as to need or require the regular aid and 
attendance of another person.
    38 CFR 3.59 defines the term ``Parent'' as ``. . . a natural mother 
or father (including the mother of an illegitimate child or the father 
of an illegitimate child if the usual family relationship existed), 
mother or father through adoption, or a person who for a period of not 
less than 1 year stood in the relationship of a parent to a veteran at 
any time before his or her entry into active service.''
    The information collected will be used by VBA to evaluate a 
claimant's parental relationship to a deceased

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Veteran when the claimant is not the Veteran's natural mother or father 
or adopted mother or father.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 82 FR 8562 on January 26, 2017.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 120 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 400.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Privacy and Records Management, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-12277 Filed 6-13-17; 8:45 am]
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