[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11593-11594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03882]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0659]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Statement in Support of Claim for Service Connection for Post-Traumatic 
Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Statement in Support of Claim for Service 
Connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Secondary to 
Personal Assault

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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Refer to 
``OMB Control No. 2900-0659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance

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Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 
or email [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0659'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5103(a), 38 U.S.C. 5107(a).
    Title: Statement in Support of Claim for Service Connection for 
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (VA Form 21-0781) and Statement 
in Support of Claim for Service Connection for Post-Traumatic Stress 
Disorder (PTSD) Secondary to Personal Assault (VA Form 21-0781a).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0659.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Forms 21-0781 and 21-0781a are used to gather 
information about stressful incidents in service from veterans claiming 
compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The forms 
request the information that is necessary for VA to conduct meaningful 
research of records in order to assist claimants in obtaining credible 
supporting evidence that the incidents occurred. Without this 
collection of information, VA would not be able to fulfill its 
statutory duty to assist for claimants and would be unable to properly 
authorize benefits.
    No changes have been made to these forms. The increase in 
respondent burden is due to the estimated number of receivables from 
the previous year.
    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 85 FR 216 on November 6, 2020, pages 71139 
and 71140.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 23,770 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 70 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,374.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-03882 Filed 2-24-21; 8:45 am]
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