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Maximum

Pay Table 2—Covered Clinical Specialties
Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Critical Care;
Dermatology and MOHS Dermatology;
Emergency Medicine; Gastroenterology;
Gynecology; Health Informatics; Hematology—Oncology; Nephrology; Neurosurgery; Nuclear Medicine; Ophthalmology;
Oral Surgery; Otolaryngology; Pain Management; Pathology—Clinical and Anatomic;
Podiatry
(Surgery-Forefoot,
Rearfoot/Ankle, Advanced Rearfoot/Ankle);
Pulmonary; Radiology; Radiation Oncology; Sleep Medicine; Surgery—Cardio-thoracic, General, Hand, Neuro, Orthopedic,
Plastic, Thoracic, Transplant, and Vascular; Urology.
Pay Table 3
Tier 1 ................
Tier 2 ................
Tier 3 ................

$220,000
200,000
180,000

$400,000
400,000
375,000

Pay Table 3—Covered Assignments

electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Taylor N. Mattson,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0894]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Program of
Comprehensive Assistance for Family
Caregivers (PCAFC) Decision Appeal
Form
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
submit the collection of information
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Pay Table 4—Executive Assignments
review and comment. The PRA
submission describes the nature of the
No discussions took place regarding Pay
information collection and its expected
Table 4.
cost and burden, and it includes the
Tier 1 ................
$145,000
$310,000 actual data collection instrument.
Tier 2 ................
145,000
295,000 DATES: Comments and
Tier 3 ................
145,000
285,000 recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
Pay Table 4—Covered Assignments
August 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
Deputy Under Secretary for Health; Assistant
recommendations for the proposed
Under Secretaries for Health; Associate
information collection, please type the
Deputy Under Secretary for Health; Assistfollowing link into your browser:
ant Deputy Under Secretary for Health;
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
Chief Officers (VHA Central Office (CO));
Network Directors; Medical Center Direcselect ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
tors; Executive Directors (VHA CO); Depfor Public Comments,’’ then search the
uty to the Assistant Under Secretaries for
list for the information collection by
Health; Chief Consultants (VHA CO); DepTitle or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0894.’’
uty Chief Officers (VHA CO); Deputy NetFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
work Directors; Deputy Medical Center DiPRA information: Dorothy Glasgow,
rectors; Deputy Chief Consultants (VHA
202–461–1084, [email protected].
CO); Deputy to the Executive Directors
(VHA CO); VHA CO physicians, dentists,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
or podiatrists (non-Senior Executive ServTitle: Program of Comprehensive
ice equivalents) with an administrative/exAssistance
for Family Caregivers
ecutive role for more than 50% of their full
(PCAFC) Decision Appeal Form (VA
time equivalent.
Form 10–306).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0894.
Signing Authority
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of
Type of Review: Revision of a
Veterans Affairs, approved and signed
currently approved collection.
this document on July 22, 2025, and
Abstract: The Caregivers and Veterans
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111–163) enacted 38 U.S.C.
Federal Register for publication
1720G, which directed the Department
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Recommendation is to remove Tier 4—Associate Chief of Staff.
Tier 1—Network Chief Medical Officer.
Tier 2—Chief of Staff.
Tier 3—Deputy Network Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Chief of Staff.

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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). VA’s regulations
implementing PCAFC and PGCSS are in
38 CFR part 71. 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 expanded 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.
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 2021 Court ruling in the case
of Jeremy Beaudette & Maya Beaudette
v. Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs changed the appeal and
review options available to individuals
who have received a PCAFC decision
and disagree with that decision. In that
case, 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. 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 expanded options
available to Veterans and caregivers
who seek review of or to appeal a
PCAFC decision.
The options include a separate
appeals process (legacy) that must be
used to appeal to the Board regarding
PCAFC decisions issued before February
19, 2019. The legacy process is
implemented through use of VA Form
10–306, which 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
projects the submission of a lower
number of 10–306 forms going forward
because the annual number of requests
following the court decision has been
decreasing over time. CSP is
discontinuing VA Form 10–307, which
previously was included in this
collection, as the form is no longer
necessary and will become obsolete.

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There is a commensurate decrease in the
burden hours for this collection due to
the discontinuance and removal of VA
Form 10–307 and the anticipated
decrease in the number of 10–306 forms
that will be received annually by VA.
VA received two public comments on
the 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register. The comments did not
directly address the information
collected in VA Form 10–306 for
inquiries related to past PCAFC
decisions. VA provided responses to
these comments but will not make any
changes to the information collection as
a result of the comments.
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 90 FR
22163, May 23, 2025.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 12,500
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50,000.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0086]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Request for a Certificate of
Eligibility
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed

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extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before September 23,
2025.
Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Program-Specific information: Kendra
McCleave, 202–461–9760,
[email protected].
VA PRA information: Dorothy
Glasgow, 202–461–1084, VAPRA@
va.gov.
ADDRESSES:

Under the
PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. This request for comment is
being made pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following
collection of information, insert admin
acronym (example: VBA) invites
comments on: (1) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
technology. The revision due to a
decrease in the burden hours from the
previous submissions.
Title: Request for a Certificate of
Eligibility.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0086.
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch (Once at this link, you can
enter the OMB Control Number to find
the historical versions of this
Information Collection).
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 26–1880 is used
by VA to determine an applicant’s
eligibility for Loan Guaranty benefits,
and the amount of entitlement available.
This form is also used in restoration of
entitlement cases. The buyer must also
meet the occupancy and income and
credit requirements of the law. The
restoration of an entitlements is not
automatic; an applicant must apply for
it by completing VA Form 26–1880. The

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Secretary is required by 38 U.S.C. 3702
(a), (b), and (c) to determine the
applicant’s eligibility for Loan Guaranty
benefits, compute the amount of
entitlement, and document the
certificate with the amount and type of
guaranty used and the amount, if any,
remaining. In addition, adjustments
were made to the burden hours from the
previous submission, due to a decrease
in the applications and the removal of
the electronic COE requests that are
automatically issued that do not require
the completion or collection of VA Form
26–1880. The reduction in applications
is attributed to the amount of electronic
service documentation available and
market conditions that has led to a small
decrease in benefit usage.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 90,625
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: 1 Time per
loan.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
362,500 annually.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0864]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Post Separation Transition
Assistance Program (TAP)
Assessment Survey
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 23, 2025.
SUMMARY:

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