[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 104 (Friday, May 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32373-32374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11545]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2020-OS-0053]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a 
proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 28, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:

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    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket 
listed above.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to Ms. Angela James, 
Office of Information Management, DoD, at [email protected] or call 571-372-7574.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for Review by 
the Physical Disability Board of Review; DD Form 294; OMB Control 
Number 0704-0453.
    Needs and Uses: The Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization 
Act amended Title 10, United States Code by adding Section 1554a. That 
provision of law directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a board 
of review to review the disability determinations of individuals who 
were separated from the armed forces during the period beginning on 
September 11, 2001 and ending on December 31, 2009 due to unfitness for 
duty due to a medical condition with a disability rating of 20 percent 
disabled or less; and were found to be not eligible for retirement. On 
June 27, 2008, The Department of Defense published DODI 6040.44, which 
provides the guidance for this process.
    The DD Form 294, ``Application for Review by the Physical 
Disability Board of Review (PDBR) of the Rating Awarded Accompanying a 
Medical Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States'' is 
designed to appropriately collect the information necessary to retrieve 
the medical separation and the Department of Veterans Affairs records 
and correct military personnel and pay records.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Household.
    Annual Burden Hours: 180.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 240.
    Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

    Dated: May 26, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-11545 Filed 5-28-20; 8:45 am]
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