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###### Department of Veterans Affairs

          - [OMB Control No. 2900-0579]

# AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), 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; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before October 14, 2008.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Submit written comments on the collection of information through                         *http://www.Regulations.gov*                         or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0579” in any correspondence.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Denise McLamb, Records Management Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail                         *denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov*. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0579.”                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Request for Vocational Training Benefits—Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans, 38 CFR 21.8014).                

*OMB Control Number:*                     2900-0579.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Abstract:*                     Vietnam veterans' children born with certain birth defects may submit a written claim to request participation in a vocational training program. In order for VA to relate the claim to other existing VA records, applicants must provide identifying information about themselves and the natural parent who served in Vietnam. The information collected will allow VA counselors to review existing records and to schedule an appointment with the applicant to evaluate the 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 July 10, 2008, at pages 39785-39786.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals or households.                

*Estimated Annual Burden:*                     15 hours.                

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:*                     15 minutes.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     One time.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     60.                

Dated: September 4, 2008.

By direction of the Secretary.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. E8-21045 Filed 9-10-08; 8:45 am]

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