Service-connected Compensation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pension, 89-1, on H.R. 168 Etc. April 27-29, 1965 |
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Page 2496
... given in title 38 , United States Code , for the term " prosthetic appliance , " although the term is used in certain provisions of the title . For example , section 613 provides for fitting and train- ing in the use of a prosthetic ...
... given in title 38 , United States Code , for the term " prosthetic appliance , " although the term is used in certain provisions of the title . For example , section 613 provides for fitting and train- ing in the use of a prosthetic ...
Page 2497
... given special consideration under the laws administered by the Veterans ' Administration , and our regulations and directives also contain liberal provisions with respect to the claim of any such person for disability compensation or ...
... given special consideration under the laws administered by the Veterans ' Administration , and our regulations and directives also contain liberal provisions with respect to the claim of any such person for disability compensation or ...
Page 2498
... given to naming a hospital in her honor . We feel , however , that determination of whether legislation of this kind should be enacted is peculiarly for your committee and the Congress . We are advised by the Bureau of the Budget that ...
... given to naming a hospital in her honor . We feel , however , that determination of whether legislation of this kind should be enacted is peculiarly for your committee and the Congress . We are advised by the Bureau of the Budget that ...
Page 2499
... given special consideration under the laws administered by the Veterans ' Administration and our regulations and directives also contain liberal provisions with respect to the claim of any such person for disability compensation , or ...
... given special consideration under the laws administered by the Veterans ' Administration and our regulations and directives also contain liberal provisions with respect to the claim of any such person for disability compensation , or ...
Page 2500
... given to the places , types , and circumstances of his service as shown by his service record , the official history of each organization in which he served , his medical records , and all pertinent medical and lay evidence . The law ...
... given to the places , types , and circumstances of his service as shown by his service record , the official history of each organization in which he served , his medical records , and all pertinent medical and lay evidence . The law ...
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11 of title 1st sess 50 percent 89th Cong 89th Congress additional compensation Administrator of Veterans aggravated amend title 38 America in Congress amount amyotrophic lateral sclerosis benefits BILL To amend Chairman compensation for dependents compensation payable pursuant compensation rates Congress assembled connection cost of living date of enactment death compensation dependency and indemnity disability compensation disability rating disabled veterans DORN earning capacity entitled existing law former prisoners Hansen's disease House of Representatives impairment income increase incurred indemnity compensation inserting in lieu intervertebral foramen legislation lieu thereof monthly multiple sclerosis OLIN E paraplegia payment peacetime pensation pension plaintiff poliomyelitis presumptive period prisoners of war proposes Public Law rates of disability receive result retirement pay schedule for rating section 312 Senate and House service-connected disability striking subparagraph subsection suffered TEAGUE thereof the following tion total disability United States Code W. J. BRYAN DORN wartime service widow World War II
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Page 2573 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 2477 - 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 20 degrees in the better eye.
Page 2504 - July 2, 1921, is discharged or resigns shall be conclusively held and taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service...
Page 2521 - Where the tort itself is of such a nature as to preclude the ascertainment of the amount of damages with certainty, it would be a perversion of fundamental principles of justice to deny all relief to the injured person, and thereby relieve the wrongdoer from making any amend for his acts.
Page 2521 - In such case, while the damages may not be determined by mere speculation or guess, it will be enough if the evidence show the extent of the damages as a matter of just and reasonable inference, although the result be only approximate.
Page 2533 - I of this regulation, if the disability resulted from an injury or disease received in line of duty (1) as a direct result of armed conflict, or (2) while engaged in extra hazardous service, including such service under conditions simulating war, or (3) while the United States is engaged in war.
Page 2484 - ... as a result of nonservice-connected disability not the result of his own willful misconduct, the Administrator shall assign and pay to the veteran concerned the applicable rate of compensation under this chapter as if his blindness in both eyes or such bilateral kidney involvement were the result of service-connected disability.
Page 2521 - In an action for a personal injury, the local law of the state where the injury occurred determines the rights and liabilities of the parties, unless, with respect to the particular issue, some other state has a more significant relationship under the principles stated in § 6 to the occurrence and the parties, in which event the local law of the other state will be applied.
Page 2574 - dependency and indemnity compensation" means a monthly payment made by the Administrator to a widow, child, or parent (A) because of a service-connected death occurring after December 31, 1956, or (B) pursuant to the election of a widow, child. or parent, in the case of such a death occurring before January 1, 1957.
Page 2494 - ... disability bears to total disability. The amounts payable under this paragraph shall be adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar.