# 2026-16500: VA Seeks Input on Dependent Verification Forms—Yawn

2026-16500, Agency Information Collection Activity: Mandatory Verification of Dependents, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2026-08-13, effective Comments must be received on or before October 13, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-20).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16500
- As of: 2026-08-20
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16500
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity: Mandatory Verification of Dependents
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 91 FR 52402
- Published: 2026-08-13
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before October 13, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-13
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-20

## In one line

VA Seeks Input on Dependent Verification Forms—Yawn

## Summary

Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory VA Dependent Verification: cost, high. If you are a veteran getting extra compensation for dependents, the VA requires you to complete VA Form 21-0538 one time to verify the status of those dependents. The notice says that without this information your entitlement would not be continued. The VA estimates 138,197 respondents per year, an…

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## Sources
- [2026-16500 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/13/2026-16500/agency-information-collection-activity-mandatory-verification-of-dependents)
- [2026-16500 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-13/pdf/2026-16500.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16500 (as of 2026-08-20).