# 2025-11021: VA Keeps Form for Claiming Money Owed to Deceased Veterans

2025-11021, Agency Information Collection Activity: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2025-06-16, effective Comments must be received on or before August 15, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11021
- As of: 2026-11-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11021
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 90 FR 25430
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before August 15, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

VA Keeps Form for Claiming Money Owed to Deceased Veterans

## Summary

The VA is asking for public feedback on keeping their form that helps family members claim money owed to veterans who have passed away. This form collects info to make sure the right people get the benefits they deserve. Comments are open until August 15, 2025, and there are no changes to the form itself—just a smooth extension to keep things running.

## Abstract

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.

## Effects PRIA read

- VA keeps form to claim accrued benefits: benefit, medium. You can continue to use VA Form 21P-601 (OMB Control No. 2900-0216) to claim accrued benefits that were due but unpaid to a deceased veteran. The Department of Veterans Affairs is extending the current approval for this form with no changes, and it invites comments by August 15, 2025.
- Time required to file the accrued-amounts form: cost, low. Filing VA Form 21P-601 takes an average of 30 minutes per respondent. The VA estimates 5,449 respondents per year, for a total estimated annual burden of 2,725 hours.
- Reimbursement option for last illness and burial expenses: benefit, medium. If no eligible survivors are entitled to accrued benefits under 38 U.S.C. 5121(a), the person or persons who paid the deceased beneficiary's last illness and burial may claim reimbursement from accrued amounts. VA Form 21P-601 collects the information needed to determine entitlement and any reimbur…

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## Sources
- [2025-11021 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11021/agency-information-collection-activity-application-for-accrued-amounts-due-a-deceased-beneficiary)
- [2025-11021 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11021.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11021 (as of 2026-11-02).