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ability or more within three years from the date of separation from active service, shall, in the absence of affirmative evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service :".

SEC. 2. The third last proviso of subparagraph (c) of paragraph I, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words "tuberculosis, active (other than pulmonary) ;”.

[H. R. 1143, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans Regulations to provide that arthritis, psychoses, or multiple sclerosis developing a 10 per centum or more degree of disability within three years after separation from active service shall be presumed to be service connected

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second last proviso of subparagraph (c) of paragraph I, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Provided further, That active tuberculosis, arthritis, psychoses, or multiple sclerosis developing a 10 per centum degree of disability or more within three years from the date of separation from active service, shall, in the absence of affirmative evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service :".

SEC. 2. The third last proviso of subparagraph (c) of paragraph I, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the word "arthritis," and the words "tuberculosis, active (other than pulmonary) ;”.

[H. R. 2770, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide that no application shall be required for the payment of statutory awards for certain conditions which, prior to August 1, 1952, have been determined by the Veterans' Administration to be service connected

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of Public Law 427, Eightysecond Congress (66 Stat. 296), is hereby amended, effective June 30, 1952, by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "No application shall be required for the payment of compensation under this Act for the loss or loss of use of a creative organ or for an arrested tuberculous disease in any case, whether or not now on the rolls, in which a determination of service connection of such condition has been made or is made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs prior to August 1, 1952.".

[H. R. 3630, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) to provide that an aid and attendance allowance of $200 per month shall be paid to triple and quadruple amputees during periods in which they are not hospitalized at Government expense

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph I of part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(r) If a disabled person, as the result of service-incurred disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or permanent loss of use of both hands and one or both of his feet, or of both feet and one or both of his hands, and is in need or regular aid and attendance, he shall be paid, in addition to the compensation prescribed by the foregoing provisions of this part or the compensation prescribed by part II of this regulation, a monthly aid and attendance allowance at the rate of $200 for all periods during which he is not hospitalized at Government expense."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of its enactment.

[H. R. 3786, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 (a), as amended, so as to increase the limit of amounts payable thereunder in connection with the funeral and burial of deceased veterans

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Veterans Regulation Numbered

9 (a), is further amended by striking out the amount "$150" wherever such amount appears in paragraphs II and III thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the amount "$250".

[H. R. 3822, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To extend a presumption of line of duty in certain cases for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph VIII, Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended, is further amended by inserting after the first proviso the following: "Provided further, That the injury or disease shall be presumed to have been incurred in line of duty in the absence of a certification to the contrary by the service department concerned."

[H. R. 3867, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) to provide that persons who are awarded the Purple Heart shall be deemed to have a 10 per centum service-connected disability

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph I of part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(e) For the purposes of paragraph I (a) hereof, if a person has been awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and is not otherwise suffering from a service-incurred or service aggravated disease or disability, 10 per centum or more in degree, he shall be deemed to be suffering from such a disease or disability, 10 per centum in degree."

SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply only to persons awarded the Order of the Purple Heart after the enactment of this Act.

[H. R. 3971, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To authorize service connection for certain serious disabilities incurred by persons in the active service

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph VIII, Veterans Regulations Numbered 10, as amended, is amended by inserting after the first proviso the following: "Provided further, That an injury causing disability of 30 per centum or more which was incurred as a result of the unauthorized handling of seemingly ineffective missiles, projectiles, mines, or other explosive weapons shall not be considered to be due to willful misconduct."

[H. R. 3973, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To revise the basis for establishing wartime service connection for multiple sclerosis and the chronic functional psychoses

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second last proviso of subparagraph (c) of paragraph (I), part (I), Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Provided further, That active plumonary tuberculosis or other types of active tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis, or any of the chronic functional psychoses developing a 10 per centum degree of disability or more within three years from the date of separation from active service, shall, in the absence of affirmative evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service:".

[H. R. 4214, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans Regulations to provide additional compensation for veterans having the service-incurred disability of deafness of both ears

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph (k) of paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "having only light perception," each place they appear therein the following: "or deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction,".

SEC. 2. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the second month following the date of its enactment.

[H. R. 5322, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To extend certain veterans' benefits to or on behalf of dependent husbands and widowers of female veterans

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in those provisions of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration relating to compensation, pension, retirement pay, and subsistence allowance the terms "wife" and "dependent" shall include a dependent husband, and the term "widow" shall include a widower whenever his condition is such that, if his deceased wife were living, he would be dependent upon her for support: Provided, That the benefits hereunder shall not be allowed a widower who has remarried, and where benefits are properly discontinued by reason of remarriage, they shall not thereafter be recommenced.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month next succeeding its enactment.

[H. R. 6421, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide a conclusive presumption of service-connection in the case of certain mental disabilities of World War II and Korean conflict veterans who actually participated in combat

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 239, Eighty-first Congress (38 U. S. C., ch. 12A, note following Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (a)) is amended to read as follows: "That for the purpose of hospital and medical treatment, including outpatient treatment, authorized under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, a veteran of World War II (as defined in Veterans Regulation Numbered 10) or the Korean conflict who actually participated in combat during World War II or the Korean conflict, and who develops at any time an active psychosis or the recognized prodromal symptoms of a later developing psychosis, shall be deemed to have incurred such disability in the active service during World War II or the Korean conflict, as the case may be. "SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, where an individual was granted a battle star or other device signifying that he participated in any battle or engagement during World War II or the Korean conflict, he shall be presumed to have actually participated in combat."

[H. R. 6716, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To prohibit the severance of a service-connected disability which has been in effect for ten or more years, except when based on fraud

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a service connection which has been made for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, and which has been in force for ten or more years, shall not be severed thereafter unless on a showing that the rating originally granting service connection was based on fraud.

[H. R. 6984, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) to provide a presumption of service-connection in certain cases involving idiopathic convulsive seizures

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section I (c) of part I of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a) is amended by inserting immediately after the colon preceding the fourth proviso therein the following: "Provided further, That idiopathic convulsive seizures manifesting a 10 per centum degree of disability or more within six months from the date of separation from active service shall be conclusively presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service:".

[H. R. 7088, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to fix a special compensation rate for service-incurred disability in certain cases

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by adding a new subparagraph (r) to read as follows:

"(r) In any case in which the Administrator finds the severity, type, or nature of disability warrants a compensation award in excess of the rate prescribed for total disability in subparagarph (j), and he finds that he cannot provide for establishment of a rate compatible with the extent of existing disability under authority conferred upon him in subparagraph (p), he may, in his discretion, award the rate prescribed in subparagraph (1) or such lesser rate as he may deem appropriate."

SEC. 2. Paragraph II, part II, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by adding this sentence following the period: "For the purposes of this part, the Administrator shall have the same authority to award a rate of compensation compatible with the extent of existing disability that it conferred upon him in subparagraph (r), paragraph II, part I, of this Veterans Regulation, as added by section 1 of this Act."

SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective from date of its approval.

[H. R. 7448, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide increases of compensation for certain disabled female veterans who have dependent husbands

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide increases of compensation for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have dependents", approved July 2, 1948, as amended (38 U. S. C. 743), is hereby amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except that the term 'wife' as used in this Act includes a dependent husband".

[H. R. 7573, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans Regulations to provide that meningitis developing a 10 per centum or more degree of disability within one year after separation from active service shall be presumed to be service connected

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph (c) of paragraph I, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by adding after the words "encephalitis lethargica residuals;" the word "meningitis ;".

[H. R. 9671, 85th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 to provide that the burial allowance payable thereunder shall be increased to $250

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 802 and 803 of the Veterans'

Benefits Act of 1957 are hereby amended by striking out "$150" each place it occurs therein, and inserting in lieu thereof each time “$250”.

SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of its enactment.

[H. R. 9710, 85th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 to increase to $250 the amount payable on account of the burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 802 (a) and section 803 (a) are each amended by striking out "$150" and inserting in lieu thereof "$250”.

SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to deaths occurring more than thirty days after the enactment of this Act.

[H. R. 9726, 85th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To amend the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 to provide that the Veterans' Administration shall not sever service connection of any veterans' disability when he has been in receipt of compensation for ten or more years, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title XXI of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"PRESERVATION OF SERVICE CONNECTION IN CERTAIN CASES

"SEC. 2109. (a) Where a disability of a veteran has been adjudicated as service connected, and he has been in receipt of compensation on account of such disability for ten or more years (including periods in which he has been in receipt of pension solely because of section 423 (b) or the prior corresponding provisions of law), the Administrator shall not thereafter deny that such disability is service connected.

"(b) Where the Administrator has determined before the date of enactment of this subsection that a disability of a veteran is not service connected, and such veteran had received compensation on account of such disability for ten or more years before the date of such determination (including periods in which he was in receipt of pension solely because of section 423 (b) or the prior corresponding provisions of law), upon application by the veteran or any dependent of the veteran claiming benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, such disability of the veteran shall be considered thereafter as a service-connected disability."

SEC. 2. The Table of Contents contained in the first section of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by inserting immediately below

"Sec. 2108. Preservation of certain disability ratings."

the following:

"Sec. 2109. Preservation of service connection in certain cases."

[H. R. 9730, 85th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To stabilize and "freeze" as of January 1, 1958, the Veterans' Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities, 1945 edition, and the extensions thereto. and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That part B, title II, section 210 (c) of Public Law 85-56 (71 Stat. 92), be amended to read as follows: "Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions hereof, the Administrator has authority to make all rules and regulations which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration and are consistent therewith, including regulations with respect to the nature and extent of proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing them in order to establish the right to benefits under such laws, the forms of application by claimants under such laws, the methods of making investigations and medical examinations, and the manner and form of adjudications and awards."

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