Notice2025-14099
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) Decision Appeal Form
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Published
July 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 141 (Friday, July 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35380-35381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14099]
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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
AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 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: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent by August 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the following link into your
browser: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, select ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments,'' then search the list for the
information collection by Title or ``OMB Control No. 2900-0894.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA PRA information: Dorothy Glasgow,
202-461-1084, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2849382809392a4b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c6a7d6c6e7d7c4a5d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
(PCAFC) Decision Appeal Form (VA Form 10-306).
OMB Control Number: 2900-0894. <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch</a>.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act
of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-163) enacted 38 U.S.C. 1720G, which directed the
Department 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.
[FR Doc. 2025-14099 Filed 7-24-25; 8:45 am]
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