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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... severely disabled veterans who are simply unable to attend to their most basic needs ; for example , simply the fact of getting up and out of bed in the morning , getting into bed , feeding themselves , personal hygiene , communications ...
... severely disabled veterans who are simply unable to attend to their most basic needs ; for example , simply the fact of getting up and out of bed in the morning , getting into bed , feeding themselves , personal hygiene , communications ...
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... severe helplessness , " and we have used those terms because both " constant " and " severe helplessness " are already defined in the regulations and would probably be a lot easier for the VA to administer and would be a lot clearer if ...
... severe helplessness , " and we have used those terms because both " constant " and " severe helplessness " are already defined in the regulations and would probably be a lot easier for the VA to administer and would be a lot clearer if ...
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... severe crime : we had a member in Pennsylvania who was shot to death while he was trying to defend himself in a wheel- chair . We did win DIC benefits on that , but again , it is examples of people's disability inhibiting them from ...
... severe crime : we had a member in Pennsylvania who was shot to death while he was trying to defend himself in a wheel- chair . We did win DIC benefits on that , but again , it is examples of people's disability inhibiting them from ...
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... severe disabling conditions . Based upon these figures we would estimate that the number of our service connected members who would require constant aid and attendance is approximately 1,650 . This figure is based upon our membership ...
... severe disabling conditions . Based upon these figures we would estimate that the number of our service connected members who would require constant aid and attendance is approximately 1,650 . This figure is based upon our membership ...
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... severe hardships for widows and children of certain deceased veterans . An obvious example for PVA to use is the ... severity of disability . " ( Table II ) In an article in The Canadian Medical Association Journal of April 20 , 1968 ...
... severe hardships for widows and children of certain deceased veterans . An obvious example for PVA to use is the ... severity of disability . " ( Table II ) In an article in The Canadian Medical Association Journal of April 20 , 1968 ...
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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.