10168 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 31 / Thursday, February 18, 2021 / Notices 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0862] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Decision Review 

Request: Higher-Level Review 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, 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 and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

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. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0862. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0862’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Public Law 115–55; 38 CFR 

3.2601. 

Title: Decision Review Request: 

Higher-Level Review (VA Form 20– 

0996). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0862. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 20–0996, Decision 

Review Request: Higher-Level Review is 

used by a claimant to formally request 

a Higher-Level Review of an initial VA 

decision, in accordance with the 

Appeals Modernization Act. The 

information collected is used by VA to 

identify the issues in dispute which the 

claimant seeks review of in the HigherLevel Review Lane. Additionally, the 

information collected is used to 

schedule a telephonic informal 

conference, when requested. 

This is revision to the form. Changes 

include significant revisions to the 

instructions section to make them easier 

to understand. New sections were added 

to the form to provide clarify and easier 

completion: Claimant’s Identification 

Information, Benefit Type, SOC/SSOC 

Opt-In from Legacy Appeals System, 

and Authorized Representative 

Signature. The section on requesting 

informal conferences was edited to 

make it easier to understand and 

complete. Examples were added to the 

Issues for Higher-Level Review section. 

Formatting changes were made to 

simplify the form. Optical character 

recognition boxes were added to assist 

scanning technology. 

There is a decrease in the respondent 

burden because the associated control 

number originally included two forms 

but we are using this revision to 

separate the two forms into two control 

numbers and only VA Form 20–0996 

will remain under the current control 

number. 

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 at 85 FR 

81287 on December 15, 2020, pages 

81287 and 81288. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 23,375 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

85,500 per year. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Decision Review 

Request: Supplemental Claim 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, 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 and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

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. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–NEW. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–NEW’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Public Law 115–55; 38 

CFR 3.2501. 

Title: Decision Review Request: 

Supplemental Claim (VA Form 20– 

0995). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–NEW. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 20–0995, Decision 

Review Request: Supplemental Claim 

will be used by a claimant to formally 

request a Supplemental Claim of an 

initial VA decision based on new and 

relevant evidence, in accordance with 

the Appeals Modernization Act. The 

information collected will be used by 

VA to identify the issues in dispute 

which the claimant seeks review of in 

the Supplemental Claim Lane. 

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 at 85 FR 

80895 on December 14, 2020, page 

80895. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 66,250 

hours. 


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Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

265,000 per year. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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