# 2025-15681: VA Refines Form for Deceased Veterans' Accrued Benefits

2025-15681, Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2025-08-18 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15681
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15681
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 90 FR 40152
- Published: 2025-08-18
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

VA Refines Form for Deceased Veterans' Accrued Benefits

## Summary

The Veterans Benefits Administration is asking the Office of Management and Budget to review a form that helps family members claim money owed to a deceased veteran. If you’re a loved one waiting on these benefits, this review could speed things up or change how you apply. No big cost changes are expected, but keep an eye out for updates soon!

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- VA form review for deceased-beneficiary claims: benefit, low. The Veterans Benefits Administration asked the Office of Management and Budget to review an application form (Application for Accrued Amounts Due a Deceased Beneficiary) that family members use to claim money owed to a deceased veteran. The Paperwork Reduction Act submission includes the form and i…

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## Sources
- [2025-15681 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15681/agency-information-collection-activity-under-omb-review-application-for-accrued-amounts-due-a)
- [2025-15681 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15681.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15681 (as of 2026-06-08).