[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16817-16818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04969]


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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

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Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10, that the Advisory Committee on 
Disability Compensation (hereinafter the Committee) will hold virtual 
meeting sessions via the Microsoft Teams Conference Platform on 
Thursday, March 28, 2024 and Friday, March 29, 2024. The meeting 
sessions will begin, and end as follows:

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                   Date                                 Time
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Thursday, March 28, 2024..................  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
                                             Eastern Standard Time
                                             (EST).
Friday, March 29, 2024....................  10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST.
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    The meeting sessions are 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 (VASRD). The Committee is to assemble and 
review relevant information relating to the needs of Veterans with 
disabilities; provide information relating to the nature and character 
of disabilities from service in the Armed Forces; provide an ongoing 
assessment of the effectiveness of the VASRD; and provide ongoing 
advice on the most appropriate means of responding to the needs of 
Veterans relating to disability compensation in the future.
    On Thursday, March 28, 2024, and Friday, March 29, 2024, the agenda 
will include Committee and Federal Advisory Committee Act overview 
presentations, updates on the VASRD, and briefings from various staffs 
on new and ongoing VA initiatives and priorities.
    In addition, on March 29, 2024, the public comment period will be 
open for 30-minutes from 12:35 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. EST. The public can 
also submit one-page summaries of their written statements for the 
Committee's review. Public comments may be received no later than March 
15, 2024, for inclusion in the official meeting record. Please send 
these comments to Jadine Piper of the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Compensation Service, at [email protected].
    Members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the agenda 
should contact Jadine Piper at: [email protected], and provide 
their name, professional affiliation, email address, and phone number. 
The call-in number (United States, Chicago) for those who would like to 
attend the meeting is: 872-701-0185; phone conference ID: 767 051 122#. 
Members of the public may also access the meeting by pasting the 
following URL into a web browser: https://bit.ly/ACDCMarch2024Meeting.

    Dated: March 5, 2024.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-04969 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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