28932 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 102 / Friday, May 28, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0545] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Report of Medical, 

Legal and Other Expenses Incident to 

Recovery for Injury or Death 

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, 

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. 2900–0545’’. 

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. 2900–0545’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C 1503; 38 CFR 

3.262, 3.271, 3.272. 

Title: Report of Medical, Legal and 

Other Expenses Incident to Recovery for 

Injury or Death (VA Form 21P–8416b). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0545. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: A claimant’s eligibility for 

needs-based pension programs are 

determined in part by countable family 

income and certain deductible 

expenses. When a claimant is awarded 

compensation by another entity or 

government agency based on personal 

injury or death, the compensation is 

usually countable income for VA 

purposes (38 CFR 3.262(i)). However, 

medical, legal or other expenses 

incident to the injury or death, or 

incident to the collection or recovery of 

compensation, may be deducted from 

the amount of the award or settlement 

(38 CFR 3.271(g) and 3.272(g)). In these 

situations, VBA uses VA Form 21P– 

8416b Report of Medical, Legal and 

Other Expenses Incident to Recovery for 

Injury or Death, to gather information 

that is necessary to determine eligibility 

for income-based benefits and the rate 

payable; without this information, 

determination of eligibility would not 

be possible. In an effort to safeguard 

Veterans and their beneficiaries from 

financial exploitation, the instructions 

on VA Form 21P–8416b were amended 

to include information regarding VAaccredited attorneys or agents charging 

fees in connection with a proceeding 

before the Department of Veterans 

Affairs with respect to a claim. 

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 March 

17, 2021, page 14686. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,125 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 45 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,500. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

(Alternate) VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of Enterprise and Integration, Data 

Governance Analytics, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11372 Filed 5–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Notice of Asset and Infrastructure 

Review (AIR) Commission Foreword 

and Criteria 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Action 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is 

required to develop criteria that will be 

used in making recommendations 

regarding the modernization or 

realignment of Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA) facilities. This 

notice provides the required final 

selection criteria. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Mattison Brown, Chief Strategy 

Officer, Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 461–7100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subtitle A 

of Title II of the Maintaining Internal 

Systems and Strengthening Integrated 

Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 

2018 (Pub. L. 115–182), requires VA to 

develop criteria that will be used to 

assess and make recommendations 

regarding the modernization or 

realignment of Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA) facilities 

(‘‘Selection Criteria’’). In 2019, VHA 

began working with various 

stakeholders and experts to identify 

factors to consider in developing the 

criteria. VHA solicited feedback from 

Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), 

Community Veteran Engagement Boards 

(CVEBs) and a wide range of 

interdisciplinary VA leaders. Six criteria 

and associated sub-criteria were 

developed through these engagements. 

VA will use these criteria to evaluate 

potential market opportunities for 

submission to the statutorily mandated 

Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) 

Commission. 

On February 2, 2021, VA published a 

Federal Register Notice (FRN), 

requesting public comment on the draft 

Selection Criteria as required by Section 

203 of the MISSION Act (86 FR 7921). 

The public comment period closed on 

May 1, 2021. VA received a total of 122 

comments on the FRN from Veterans, 

caregivers, VSOs, legislative partners, 

research partners, business partners, 

and other stakeholders. Of the 122 

comments, 31 comments specifically 

referenced the draft Section Criteria, 

and 14 out of those 31 comments 

recommended specific changes or 

considerations be applied to the draft 

Section Criteria. These 14 comments 

were further reviewed and considered 

by VA for inclusion into the final 

Section Criteria. 

The FRN comments are publicly 

available online at www.regulations.gov. 

Copies of the comments are also 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1064, between the 

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday (exception 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 

(this is not a toll-free number) for an 

appointment. 

Foreword 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(‘‘VA’’) is honored to deliver 

exceptional health care and services to 

more than 9 million Veterans. As we 

look to the future, VA remains 

committed to a core set of immutable