# 2026-15353: VA Begs for Comments on Snooze-Worthy Medical Expense Reports

2026-15353, Agency Information Collection Activity: Medical Expense Report, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2026-07-30, effective Comments must be received on or before September 28, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15353
- As of: 2026-08-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15353
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity: Medical Expense Report
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 91 FR 48230
- Published: 2026-07-30
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before September 28, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-09-28
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-06

## In one line

VA Begs for Comments on Snooze-Worthy Medical Expense Reports

## Summary

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

- Report Medical Expenses to Lower Countable Income: benefit, medium. VA Form 21P-8416 lets claimants and beneficiaries report unreimbursed medical expenses so those expenses can be deducted from otherwise countable income for needs-based programs like VA Pension and Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). The information on the form is used to determin…
- Time Burden to Complete VA Medical Form: cost, low. Filling out VA Form 21P-8416 takes about 30 minutes on average per respondent. VA estimates one-time responses from 60,000 respondents, totaling 30,000 hours of respondent burden annually.

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## Sources
- [2026-15353 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/30/2026-15353/agency-information-collection-activity-medical-expense-report)
- [2026-15353 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-30/pdf/2026-15353.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15353 (as of 2026-08-06).