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###### Department of Veterans Affairs

          - [OMB Control No. 2900-0624]

# AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

# 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, has submitted 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 December 2, 2004.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Denise McLamb, Records Management Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030, fax (202) 273-5981 or e-mail                         *denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov.*                         Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0624.” Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0624” in any correspondence.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Obligation To Report Factors Affecting Entitlement (38 CFR 3.204(a)(1), 38 CFR 3.256(a) and 38 CFR 3.277(b)).                

*OMB Control Number:*                     2900-0624.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Abstract:*                     Veterans and their dependents who applied for or received compensation, pension or dependency and indemnity compensation benefits must report changes in their entitlement                           ( print page 63571)                        factors. Individual factors such as income, marital status, the beneficiary's number of dependents, may affect the amount of the benefit that he or she receives or they may affect his or her right to receive the benefits. Beneficiaries must report changes in these factors to VA in a timely manner. The information is needed to determine whether adjustment in rates of benefit payments are necessary.                

                    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 August 10, 2004, at page 48565.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals or households.                

*Estimated Annual Burden:*                     31,017 hours.                

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:*                     5 minutes.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     On occasion.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     372,209.                

Dated: October 18, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary.

Loise Russell,

Director, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04-24398 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]

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