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The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetic programs designed to 

provide state-of-the-art prosthetics and 

the associated rehabilitation research, 

development, and evaluation of such 

technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special disability programs which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve veterans with 

spinal cord injury, blindness or vision 

impairment, loss of or loss of the use of 

extremities, deafness or hearing 

impairment, or other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

On the morning of November 16, the 

Committee will be briefed by the Chief 

Consultant, Rehabilitation Strategic 

Healthcare Group, and Director, 

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

In the afternoon, the Committee will be 

briefed by the directors of 

Ophthalmology and Optometry and 

Chief Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics 

Officer. On the morning of November 

17, the Committee will be briefed by the 

Chief Research and Development 

Officer. 

No time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public. 

However, members of the public may 

direct questions or submit written 

statements for review by the Committee 

in advance of the meeting to Ms. 

Cynthia Wade, Designated Federal 

Officer, Veterans Health Administration, 

Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation 

Strategic Healthcare Group (117), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Any member of the public 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273–8485. 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Special Medical Advisory Group; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Special Medical Advisory 

Group will meet on Wednesday, 

November 16, 2005. The meeting will be 

held in Room 830 at VA Central Office, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

The purpose of the Group is to advise 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 

under Secretary for Health on the care 

and treatment of disabled veterans, and 

other matters pertinent to the 

Department’s Veterans Health 

Administration. The agenda for the 

meeting will include discussions on 

VA’s role in national disaster relief, 

national response to influenza 

pandemic, information technology 

reorganization, budget, and the impact 

of obesity and diabetes on the military 

and veterans populations. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Ms. Juanita Leslie, 

Office of Administrative Operations 

(10B2), Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs at (202) 

273–5882. No time will be set aside at 

this meeting for receiving oral 

presentations from the public. 

Statements, in written form, may be 

submitted to Juanita Leslie before the 

meeting or within 10 days after the 

meeting. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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