Service Connected Disability Compensation Hearing: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session, on S. 3338, S. 3344, S. 3074, and S. 1564, March 29, 1972 |
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Page 148 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE RY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic...
Page 119 - Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, or conspire, combine, aid, or assist in, agree to, arrange for, or in any wise procure the making or presentation of a false or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, statement, voucher, or paper, or writing purporting to be such...
Page 149 - ... is permanently bedridden or so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, the monthly compensation shall be $216.
Page 150 - ... (s) If the veteran has a service-connected disability rated as total, and (1) has additional service-connected disability or disabilities independently ratable at 60 per centum or more, or (2) by reason of such veteran's service-connected disability or disabilities, is permanently housebound, then the monthly compensation shall be $1,357. For the purpose of this subsection, the requirement of "permanently housebound...
Page 149 - ... (1) If the disabled person, as the result of service-incurred disability, has suffered the anatomical loss, or loss of use of...
Page 150 - ... (e) has no wife but one child living, $11.20; (f) has no wife but two children living, $19.60; (g) has no wife but three or more children living, $28; (h) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $14 for each parent so dependent.
Page 149 - ... extremities at a level, or with complications, preventing natural elbow or knee action with prosthesis in place, or...
Page 119 - Affairs to be guilty of mutiny, treason, sabotage, or rendering assistance to an enemy of the United States or of its allies shall forfeit all accrued or future benefits under laws administered by the Veterans...
Page 146 - The dependents of any deceased veteran, whose death resulted from an injury or disease received in line of duty as...
Page 150 - If any veteran, otherwise entitled to the compensation authorized under subsection (o), or the maximum rate authorized under subsection (p). is in need of regular aid and attendance, he shall be paid, in addition to such compensation, a monthly aid and attendance allowance at the rate of $200 per month, subject to the limitations of section 3203(f ) of this title.