Increased Rates of Compensation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, March 21 and 22, 1978 |
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... entitled to the compensation authorized under subsection ( o ) or the maximum rate authorized under subsection ( p ) - " ( 1 ) is in need of regular aid and attendance , such veteran shall be paid , in addition to such compensation , a ...
... entitled to the compensation authorized under subsection ( o ) or the maximum rate authorized under subsection ( p ) - " ( 1 ) is in need of regular aid and attendance , such veteran shall be paid , in addition to such compensation , a ...
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... entitled to DIC as though the veteran had died from a service connected disability . PVA has long held the position that there should be automatic presumption of service connected death for any veteran who has been totally and ...
... entitled to DIC as though the veteran had died from a service connected disability . PVA has long held the position that there should be automatic presumption of service connected death for any veteran who has been totally and ...
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... entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation as though the veteran had died from a service connected disability . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That ...
... entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation as though the veteran had died from a service connected disability . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That ...
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... entitled to compensation under section 314 , and whose service - connected disabilities are rated not less than 50 per centum . Section 101 ( b ) of this bill woud allow that the Administrator of Veterans Affairs may adjust ...
... entitled to compensation under section 314 , and whose service - connected disabilities are rated not less than 50 per centum . Section 101 ( b ) of this bill woud allow that the Administrator of Veterans Affairs may adjust ...
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... entitled to compensation under section 314 , and whose service - connected disabilities are rated between 50 per centum and 100 per centum , inclusively . To the American Legion , there is no valid reason for denying this additional ...
... entitled to compensation under section 314 , and whose service - connected disabilities are rated between 50 per centum and 100 per centum , inclusively . To the American Legion , there is no valid reason for denying this additional ...
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100 percent 6.5 percent 95th Congress additional compensation aid and attendance amend title 38 American Legion Blinded Veterans Association cause of death centum Chairman Colonel BURKE compensation and DIC compensation for dependents compensation or pension compensation payments CONGRESS THE LIBRARY connected disability constant aid constant medical aid Consumer Price Index cost cost-of-living increase dependency and indemnity DIC benefits disability compensation disability rating DOUGLAS APPLEGATE EDGAR enacted entitled Foreign Wars full committee hearing House of Representatives income indemnity compensation inserting in lieu introduced JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lieu thereof loss Medal of Honor military retirement pay MONTGOMERY morning PECKARSKY pensation pension program percent disabled proposed quadriplegic ROFFEE section 314 service-connected causes service-connected disability severe helplessness statement subparagraph subsection surviving spouses testimony Thank tion total disability totally and permanently United States Code Veterans Administration Veterans of Foreign veterans rated WYLIE
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Page 13 - ... increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index over a given base period.
Page 34 - For one year or more, or (3) For any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage.
Page 14 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 26 - ... central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees...
Page 62 - This law provides that a rating of total disability or permanent total disability which has been made for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes under laws administered by the Veterans...
Page 57 - Veterans with disabilities rated less than 50 percent are generally able to supplement their compensation payments with other income. In view of the basic justification for the additional allowances for dependents, we do not believe that these veterans, as a group, need the supplemental assistance from the Government proposed by section 2 of HR 2582.
Page 36 - active military, naval, or air service" includes active duty, any period of active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty, and any period of inactive duty training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from an injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty. (25) The term "Secretary concerned...
Page 36 - Active military, naval, and air service". This includes active duty, and period of active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty, and any period of inactive duty training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died from an injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty. (b)
Page 17 - Payments of benefits due or to become due under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration shall not be assignable except to the extent specifically authorized by law, and such payments made to, or on account of, a beneficiary shall be exempt from taxation, shall be exempt from the claim of creditors, and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process...
Page 36 - Notice. Notices for the taking of depositions in an investigation authorized by the Subcommittee shall be authorized and issued by the Chairman. The Chairman of the full Committee and the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee shall be kept fully apprised of the authorization for the taking of depositions. Such notices shall specify a time and place of examination, and the name of the Subcommittee Member or Members or staff officer or officers who will take the deposition.