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of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a 

Program of Comprehensive Assistance 

for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) and a 

Program of General Caregiver Support 

Services (PGCSS). Both programs are 

managed by VA’s Caregiver Support 

Program (CSP) Office. On June 06, 2018, 

the President signed into law the John 

S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and 

Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining 

Internal Systems and Strengthening 

Integrated Outside Networks Act of 

2018 or the VA MISSION Act 2018 (Pub. 

L. 115–182). The VA MISSION Act of 

2018 fundamentally transformed 

elements of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs’ (VA) healthcare system to 

include expanding the PCAFC to Family 

Caregivers of eligible Veterans of all eras 

in a phased approach, established new 

benefits for Primary Family Caregivers 

of eligible Veterans, and made other 

changes affecting program eligibility 

and VA’s evaluation of PCAFC 

applications. The statutory authority for 

PCAFC and PGCSS is codified at 38 

U.S.C. 1720G. VA’s regulations 

implementing PCAFC and PGCSS are in 

38 CFR part 71. 

Since program inception, Veterans 

and caregivers who disagree with a 

PCAFC decision were afforded the right 

to appeal through the Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA) Clinical Appeals 

Process. A recent Court ruling has 

changed the appeal and review options 

now available to individuals who have 

received a PCAFC decision and disagree 

with that decision. On April 19, 2021, 

in the case of Jeremy Beaudette & Maya 

Beaudette v. Denis McDonough, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 

ruled in favor of petitioners seeking 

review by the Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals (BVA or Board) of decisions 

under the PCAFC. The Court also 

certified, as a class, claimants who 

received an adverse benefits decision 

under PCAFC, exhausted the 

administrative review process within 

VHA (the VHA Clinical Appeals 

Process), and have not been afforded the 

right to appeal to the Board. As a result 

of the Court’s ruling, BVA review is now 

available to individuals who have 

received a decision under the PCAFC 

since the program began in May 2011. 

Consequently, VA has expanded options 

available to Veterans and caregivers 

who seek review of or to appeal a 

PCAFC decision. 

The options now include a separate 

appeals process (legacy) that must be 

used to appeal to the Board regarding 

PCAFC decisions issued before February 

19, 2019. This legacy process is 

implemented through use of VA Forms 

10–306 and 10–307. 

VA Form 10–306, Request for 

Information—Because individuals now 

have additional options for appealing 

and seeking review of previous PCAFC 

decisions, dating back to May 2011, this 

form allows Veterans and caregivers to 

request information about past PCAFC 

decisions to determine whether they 

wish to pursue an appeal to the Board 

or request review. 

VA Form 10–307, Notice of 

Disagreement—This form was 

developed because VA Form 21–0958, 

which previously was used to initiate an 

appeal to the Board of benefits decisions 

dated before February 19, 2019, is no 

longer an approved information 

collection. VA Form 10–307, Notice of 

Disagreement, is now used for legacy 

appeals of PCAFC decisions and is 

specific to individuals who wish to 

appeal a PCAFC decision that was 

issued prior to February 19, 2019. 

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: 87 FR 

42 on March 3, 2022, pages 12223 and 

12224. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 88,270 

total hours. 

a. 10–306—45,500 hours. 

b. 10–307—42,770 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 45 total minutes. 

a. 10–306—15 minutes. 

b. 10–307—30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

267,540 total. 

a. 10–306—182,000. 

b. 10–307—85,540. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09973 Filed 5–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0682] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Advertising, 

Sales, Enrollment Materials, and 

Candidate Handbooks 

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. 2900–0682. 

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. 2900–0682’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 CFR 21.4252(h). 

Title: Advertising, Sales, Enrollment 

Materials, and Candidate Handbooks. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0682. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The statute prohibits 

approval of the enrollment of a Veteran 

in a course if the educational institution 

uses advertising, sales, or enrollment 

practices that are erroneous, deceptive, 

or misleading either by actual statement, 

omission, or intimation. The 

advertising, sales and enrollment 

materials are reviewed to determine if 

the institution is in compliance with 

guidelines for approval. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

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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 87 FR 

30 on February 14, 2022, page 8341. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 5,525 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,525. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10032 Filed 5–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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