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... DISABILITY PROGRAMS .. RELATIONSHIP OF REHABILITATION AND COM- 170 181 PENSATION . 186 MILITARY DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS .. 190 ན མསྶསི་ོ CHAPTER VII . SERVICE - CONNECTED SURVIVOR BENEFITS , INCLUD-
... DISABILITY PROGRAMS .. RELATIONSHIP OF REHABILITATION AND COM- 170 181 PENSATION . 186 MILITARY DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS .. 190 ན མསྶསི་ོ CHAPTER VII . SERVICE - CONNECTED SURVIVOR BENEFITS , INCLUD-
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... DISABILITY COMPENSA- TION AND DEATH BENEFITS .. 333 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR SERVICE- CONNECTED DISABILITY .. 333 MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE .. 338 VETERANS ' INSURANCE ... 338 MUSTERING - OUT PAY . 338 REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS . 339 ...
... DISABILITY COMPENSA- TION AND DEATH BENEFITS .. 333 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR SERVICE- CONNECTED DISABILITY .. 333 MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE .. 338 VETERANS ' INSURANCE ... 338 MUSTERING - OUT PAY . 338 REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS . 339 ...
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... disability is , after readjustment , entitled to treatment substantially different from nonveteran citizens , it recognizes that disability protection under the general social se- curity programs is still inadequate . The Commission ...
... disability is , after readjustment , entitled to treatment substantially different from nonveteran citizens , it recognizes that disability protection under the general social se- curity programs is still inadequate . The Commission ...
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... disability and death compensation for service - connected cases constituted the mainstay programs . Only mustering - out pay and land grants were provided to assist ex - servicemen upon separation . When these veterans grew older there ...
... disability and death compensation for service - connected cases constituted the mainstay programs . Only mustering - out pay and land grants were provided to assist ex - servicemen upon separation . When these veterans grew older there ...
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... Disability Compensation The Veterans ' Administration disability - compensation pro- gram on the whole is operating well . Total incomes , including VA compensation , of disabled veterans compare favorably with those of the nondisabled ...
... Disability Compensation The Veterans ' Administration disability - compensation pro- gram on the whole is operating well . Total incomes , including VA compensation , of disabled veterans compare favorably with those of the nondisabled ...
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Page 402 - No pensioner has a vested legal right to his pension. Pensions are the bounties of the government, which congress has the right to give, withhold, distribute, or recall, at its discretion.
Page 406 - SEC. 3. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Committee and to furnish it such information and assistance, not inconsistent with law, as it may require in the performance of its duties.
Page 231 - ... providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty...
Page 152 - A permanent total disability shall be taken to exist when there is present any impairment of mind or body which is sufficient to render it impossible for the average person to follow a substantially gainful occupation and where it is reasonably certain that such impairment will continue throughout the life of the disabled person. Notwithstanding this definition the Administrator of Veterans...
Page 402 - All decisions rendered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the provisions * * * of this title or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact, and no other official or court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to review by mandamus or otherwise any such decision." In 1940 Congress by a further Act, 54 Stat. 1197, 38 USCA § lla-2, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, * * * the decisions of the...
Page 407 - June 30, 1955, the expenditures of the Commission shall be paid out of an allotment made by the President from the appropriation entitled "Emergency Fund for the President — National Defense...
Page 148 - ... (m) If the disabled person, as the result of service-incurred disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of two extremities at a level, or with complications, preventing natural elbow or knee action with prosthesis...
Page 48 - while engaged in extrahazardous service, including such service under conditions simulating war
Page 407 - Statutes (31 USC 672) ; section 9 of the act of March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1027, 31 USC 673); and section 213 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945 (58 Stat.
Page 140 - World War I, World War II, and Korean conflict veterans and their dependents. While it is easier to promise future benefits than to pay off current obligations, there is particularly danger in following this tendency in the field of veterans