35852 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0002] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: 21P–527 Income, 

Net Worth and Employment Statement, 

21P–527EZ Application for Veterans 

Pension 

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. 2900–0002’’. 

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. 2900–0002’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5101(a), 38 CFR 

1502, 38 CFR 1503. 

Title: 21P–527 Income, Net Worth and 

Employment Statement, 21P–527EZ 

Application for Veterans Pension. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0002. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) through its Veterans 

Benefits Administration (VBA) 

administers an integrated program of 

benefits and services, established by 

law, for Veterans, service personnel, and 

their dependents and/or beneficiaries. 

Title 38 U.S.C. 5101(a), 38 CFR 1502, 38 

CFR 1503 provides that a specific claim 

in the form provided by the Secretary 

must be filed in order for benefits to be 

paid to any individual under the laws 

administered by the Secretary. VA Form 

21P–527EZ, Application for Pension, is 

the prescribed form for Veterans 

Pension applications. VA Form 21P–527 

Income, Net Worth and Employment 

Statement, is used by Veterans to apply 

for pension benefits after they have 

previously applied for pension or for 

service-connected disability 

compensation using one of the 

prescribed forms. A Veteran might 

reapply for pension using this form if a 

previous compensation or pension 

claim was denied or discontinued, or if 

the Veteran is receiving compensation 

and the veteran now believes that 

pension would be a greater benefit. The 

following updates were made: VA Form 

21P–527EZ, Application for Veterans 

Pension, VA Form 21P–527, Income, 

Net Worth and Employment Statement 

VA Form 21P–527EZ has been updated, 

to include updated instructions, added 

an optional use Veterans Benefits 

Application Checklist for applicant’s 

benefit to assist in organizing 

submission of claim, separated Section 

I and II to split Veteran’s Identification 

Information from contact information, 

removed questions How many times 

veteran married, How many times 

Spouse married, as regulations allow, 

removed mailing address of nursing 

home or facility from Section VIII as this 

is covered in the Worksheet the 

claimant is directed to complete, added 

an income source section and updated 

Section IX instructions to reflect this 

change, added an Alternate Signer 

Certification and Signature (Section 

XIII), estructured Worksheet for An 

Assisted Living, Adult Daycare, or a 

Similar Facility and the Worksheet for 

In-Home Attendant Expenses and 

questions removed for better clarity. 

New standardization data points; to 

include optical character recognition 

boxes. This is a non-substantive change. 

The Federal Register Notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published at 87 FR 

18484 on March 30, 2022, pages 18484– 

18485. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 24,731 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 27.5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53,958. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt), Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12693 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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