FY 77 Legislative Recommendations of Veterans' Organizations: Hearings Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session .... |
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... [ continuing ] . To know - and I make this an- nouncement that could be made by any Member of the Senate that the Senate yesterday by unanimous vote passed H.R. 14299 , the Vet- erans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of ...
... [ continuing ] . To know - and I make this an- nouncement that could be made by any Member of the Senate that the Senate yesterday by unanimous vote passed H.R. 14299 , the Vet- erans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of ...
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... continue to stand for . I forgot to mention , too , that the education bill carries an 8 percent increase . There are a few things , though , that I think are important . That is , to keep this hospital system separate and apart from ...
... continue to stand for . I forgot to mention , too , that the education bill carries an 8 percent increase . There are a few things , though , that I think are important . That is , to keep this hospital system separate and apart from ...
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... first and foremost request of this committee is that you continue to do all that you can to keep America's VA hospitals for America's service- connected disabled veterans . In addition to this primary concern , our Florida convention 8.
... first and foremost request of this committee is that you continue to do all that you can to keep America's VA hospitals for America's service- connected disabled veterans . In addition to this primary concern , our Florida convention 8.
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... continue in the future . We also ask that you continue with your efforts to expand the VA's National Cemetery System . We are truly grateful for your recent efforts in this regard as evidenced by the passage of legislation au- thorizing ...
... continue in the future . We also ask that you continue with your efforts to expand the VA's National Cemetery System . We are truly grateful for your recent efforts in this regard as evidenced by the passage of legislation au- thorizing ...
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... continue the upgrading of the VA medical care program . The President has committed himself to the con- struction of ... continuing inflation of recent years . We , of The American Legion , are grateful for this . Care for the service ...
... continue the upgrading of the VA medical care program . The President has committed himself to the con- struction of ... continuing inflation of recent years . We , of The American Legion , are grateful for this . Care for the service ...
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1976 Convention 1976 Convention Resolution 95th Congress activities agency amend American Legion AMVETS Applause areas assistance Average beneficiaries budget Carolina Center Chairman CRANSTON clinics COMMITTEE ON VETERANS COMPENSATION AND PENSION Construction continue cost dependents Director disabled veterans discharge diseases domiciliary eligible employment erans Federal Fiscal Year 1976 funds health care facilities honor hospitals income increase INPATIENT June 30 Korean conflict legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS loans ment million monthly National Cemetery National Commander national convention national health insurance needs Non-service connected Number Number Amount Number nursing home Office Operations organization outpatient Paralyzed Veterans patients percent Period of Service personnel physicians Projects Psychiatric Public Law received Research Senator service connected Spinal Cord Injury staff survivors TABLE Thank tion title 38 treatment United United States Code VA hospitals VA's Veterans Administration Vietnam era veterans Washington widows World War II
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Page 39 - ... the decisions of the Administrator on any question of law or fact under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing benefits for veterans and their dependents or survivors shall be final and conclusive and no other official or any court of the United States shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such decision by an action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise.
Page 219 - Reserves who have not received the first increment of retirement pay, have not yet reached 61 years of age, and who have completed at least 20 years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes. The...
Page 147 - The veteran must also be incapacitated from earning a living and have no adequate means of support. The...
Page 17 - The expenses of his last illness; and (c) The expenses of his burial to the extent such expenses are not reimbursed under 38 USC ch.
Page 148 - State, by the municipality or other political subdivision in which the facility is located) , for the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care but who require skilled nursing care and related medical services...
Page 54 - It was a part of their hire. I may be allowed to say, it was the price of their blood, and of your independency ; it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor ; it can never be considered as a pension or gratuity, nor be cancelled until it is fairly discharged.
Page 22 - Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces. (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special. (6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life. (7) Soldiers' and sailors
Page 59 - Peaceful coexistence does not mean the end of the struggle of the two world powers. The struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, between world socialism and imperialism will be waged right up to the 10 complete and final victory of communism on a world scale.
Page 106 - ... was decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States and...
Page 19 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...