[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16042]



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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the Advisory Committee on 
Disability Compensation (Committee) will meet on August 6-8, 2019 at 
the St. Petersburg VA Regional Office (RO), located at 9500 Bay Pines 
Boulevard, North Conference Room 3rd Floor, Bay Pines, Florida 33744. 
Additionally, the Committee will meet at Bay Pines VA Medical Center, 
10000 Bay Pines Boulevard, Bay Pines, Florida 33708. The meeting 
sessions will begin and end as follows:

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                  Date                                Time                              Location
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August 6, 2019..........................  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m......  St. Petersburg VA Regional Office, 3rd
                                                                        Floor North Conference Room, 9500 Bay
                                                                        Pines Blvd., Bay Pine, FL 33744.
August 7, 2019..........................  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m......  St. Petersburg VA Regional Office, 3rd
                                                                        Floor North Conference Room, 9500 Bay
                                                                        Pines Blvd., Bay Pine, FL 33744.
August 8, 2019..........................  8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.....  St. Petersburg VA Regional Office, 3rd
                                                                        Floor North Conference Room, 9500 Bay
                                                                        Pines Blvd., Bay Pine, FL 33744.
August 8, 2019..........................  12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.....  Bay Pines VA Medical Center, 10000 Bay
                                                                        Pines Blvd, Bay Pines, FL 33708.
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    Sessions are open to the public, except when the Committee is 
conducting tours of VA facilities, and participating in off-site 
events. Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect Veterans' privacy 
and personnel information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c)(6).
    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 during 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.
    On the morning of August 6, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., the 
Committee will meet in open session with key staff members at the St. 
Petersburg VA RO to discuss the productivity of the RO. From 10:00 a.m. 
to 11:30 a.m., the Committee will convene with a closed tour of the RO. 
Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect Veterans' privacy and 
personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C Sec. 552b(c)(6). In 
the afternoon from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Committee will 
reconvene in open session to receive briefings on the intake and claims 
establishment process from the RO. From 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the 
Committee will work on drafting recommendations for the annual report 
to the Secretary.
    On August 7, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Committee will 
meet in open session to receive briefings on the development and the 
completion process of VA claims from the RO. From 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m., the Committee will work on drafting recommendations for the 
annual report to the Secretary.
    On the morning of August 8, 2019 from 8:30 a.m., to 11:30 a.m., the 
Committee will convene in an open session to receive briefings on the 
VA Appeals process from the St. Petersburg Decision Review Operations 
Center (DROC). In the afternoon from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the 
Committee will convene with a closed tour of the Bay Pines VA Medical 
Center. Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect Veterans' privacy 
and personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C Sec. 552b(c)(6).
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, the public may submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to Ms. Janice Stewart, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation 
Service, Policy Staff (211B), 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20420 or email at [email protected]. Any member of the public 
wishing to attend the meeting or seeking additional information should 
contact Mrs. Janice Stewart at (202) 461-9023.

    Dated: July 24, 2019.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-16042 Filed 7-26-19; 8:45 am]
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