[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37139-37140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14910]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2020-OS-0053]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following 
proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 
13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela James, 571-372-7574, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for a Review by 
the Physical Disability Board of Review; DD Form 294; OMB Control 
Number 0704-0453.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 240.
    Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 180 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization 
Act amended Title 10, United States Code by adding Section 1554a. This 
provision of law directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a panel 
to review the disability determinations of individuals who were 
separated from the armed forces during the period beginning September 
11, 2001 and ending on December 31, 2009 due to unfitness for duty due 
to a medical condition with a disability rating of 20 percent disabled 
or less; and were found to be not eligible for retirement. On June 27, 
2008, the Department of Defense published DODI 6040.44, which provides 
the guidance for this process.
    The DD Form 294 is the means by which former Service members that 
were medically separated due to a medical condition with a disability 
rating of 20 percent or less can request a review of their combined 
disability rating. Service members are responding to the information 
collection to ensure they receive an accurate and fair review of their 
disability rating. The DD Form 294, ``Application for Review by the 
Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR) of the Rating Awarded 
Accompanying a Medical Separation from the Armed Forces of the United 
States'' is designed to appropriately collect the information necessary 
to retrieve the medical separation and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs records and correct military personnel and pay records.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID number, and title for this Federal Register document. 
The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of 
the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on 
the internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Ms. Duncan at [email protected].

    Dated: July 7, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-14910 Filed 7-13-21; 8:45 am]
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