# 2026-16411: VA Insurance Claim Notice Repeats Itself, Then Adds DocuSign

2026-16411, Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance, EZ-Beneficiary Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance, Claim for Monthly Payments Government Life Insurance, and Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance (DocuSign), is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2026-08-12, effective Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by September 11, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-28).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16411
- As of: 2026-10-28
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16411
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance, EZ-Beneficiary Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance, Claim for Monthly Payments Government Life Insurance, and Claim for One Sum Payment Government Life Insurance (DocuSign)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 91 FR 52111
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by September 11, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-09-11
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-28

## In one line

VA Insurance Claim Notice Repeats Itself, Then Adds DocuSign

## Summary

The VA is updating forms for claiming Government Life Insurance payments to make things simpler and faster for beneficiaries. They added an easy-to-use form (29-4125EZ) to help folks get their money without extra hassle. If you’re a beneficiary, you can comment on these changes by September 11, 2026, but no big cost or time changes are expected.

## 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

- New simpler VA life‑insurance claim form: benefit, low. You can use a new, simpler form (VA Form 29-4125EZ) to claim a one-sum Government Life Insurance payment. The VA says this EZ form is designed for individual beneficiaries to be less complicated and to reduce the time it takes to receive insurance proceeds.
- Estimated paperwork time for claimants: cost, low. The VA estimates 120,100 respondents will complete these claim forms, with an average of 6 minutes per respondent and a total estimated annual burden of 12,020 hours. These are the VA's official time estimates for filling the forms related to Government Life Insurance claims.

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## Sources
- [2026-16411 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16411/agency-information-collection-activity-under-omb-review-claim-for-one-sum-payment-government-life)
- [2026-16411 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16411.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16411 (as of 2026-10-28).