[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 68121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23768]
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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 a virtual meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Disability Compensation (the Committee) will begin and end
as follows:
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Dates: Times:
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020................. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
(Eastern Standard Time).
Wednesday, December 2, 2020............... 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
(Eastern Standard Time).
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The virtual meeting is 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. 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.
The agenda will include overview briefings on the VA Schedule for
Rating Disabilities, the Real Team, Benefits Delivery at Discharge
(BDD) expansion, COVID-19 and examinations, and the Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment program.
No time will be allocated at this virtual meeting for receiving
oral presentations from the public. Interested individuals may submit a
one (1) to two (2) page summary of their written statements for the
Committee's review. Public statements may be received no later than
November 19, 2020, for inclusion in the official meeting record. Please
send these to Sian Roussel of the Veterans Benefits Administration,
Compensation Service at Sian.Roussel@va.gov.
Members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the agenda
should contact Sian Roussel at Sian.Roussel@va.gov and provide his/her
name, professional affiliation, email address and phone number.
For any public member who would like to attend the virtual meeting,
please use the call-in number 1-800-767-1750; and access code: 75937#.
Dated: October 22, 2020.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-23768 Filed 10-26-20; 8:45 am]
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