Agency Information Collection (Notice of Waiver of VA Compensation or Pension To Receive Military Pay and Allowances) Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0463]

Agency Information Collection (Notice of Waiver of VA Compensation or Pension To Receive Military Pay and Allowances) Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits Administration, VA.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), 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; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before October 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments on the collection of information through

www.Regulations.gov,

or to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.

Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0463” in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492 or email

crystal.rennie@va.gov.

Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0463.”

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title:

Notice of Waiver of VA Compensation or Pension to Receive Military Pay and Allowances, VA Form 21-8951 and VA Form 21-8951-2.

OMB Control Number:

2900-0463.

Type of Review:

Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract:

Claimants who wish to waive VA disability benefits in order to receive active or inactive duty training pay are required to complete VA Forms 21-8951 and 21-8951-2. Active and inactive duty training pay cannot be paid concurrently with VA disability compensation or pension benefits. Claimants who elect to keep training pay must waive VA benefits for the number of days equal to the number of days in which they received training pay.

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 on June 12, 2014, at pages 33806 and 33807.

Affected Public:

Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden:

3,500 hours.

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:

10 minutes.

Frequency of Response:

Annually

Estimated Number of Respondents:

21,000.

Dated: September 2, 2014.

By direction of the Secretary:

Crystal Rennie,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 2014-21150 Filed 9-4-14; 8:45 am]

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