Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Bills: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions...91-1

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Page 2225 - Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you...
Page 2230 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 2222 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the National Executive Committee of The American Legion, in regular meeting assembled in Indianapolis, Indiana...
Page 2043 - ... lived with another man and held herself out openly to the public to be the wife of such other man.
Page 2111 - Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is 5 amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 6 "(46) Under Secretary of Consumer Affairs.
Page 2135 - widow" means (except for purposes of Chapter 19 of this title) a woman who was the wife of a veteran at the time of his death, and who lived with him continuously from the date of marriage to the date of his death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the wife) and who has not remarried or...
Page 2172 - ... veteran If the remarriage Is void, or has been annulled by a court with basic authority to render annulment decrees unless the Veterans' Administration determines that the annulment was secured through fraud by either party or collusion.
Page 2158 - ... (2) The remarriage of the widow of a veteran shall 8 not bar the furnishing of benefits to her as the widow of the 1-0 2 1 veteran if the remarriage has been terminated by death, 2 or has been dissolved by a court with basic authority to 3 render divorce decrees unless the Veterans' Administration 4 determines that the divorce was secured through fraud by 5 either party or collusion. 6 " (3) The actions of a widow in living with another ? man and holding herself out openly to the public to be...
Page 2083 - For purposes of paragraph (1) — (A) the term "price index" means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index (all items — United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (B) the term "base period" means the calendar year 1974.
Page 2231 - Basic entitlement exists for a widow, child or children, and dependent parent or parents if: (1) The veteran died before January 1, 1957; or (2) The veteran died on or after May 1, 1957...

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