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... needs are greatest . There is also a decided need for long - range program- ing and for coordination between related programs , especially between the veterans ' non - service - connected pension program and the general social security ...
... needs are greatest . There is also a decided need for long - range program- ing and for coordination between related programs , especially between the veterans ' non - service - connected pension program and the general social security ...
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... Needs and PROBLEMS . . EFFECTIVENESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RE- ADJUSTMENT BENEFIT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE . GENERAL CRITERIA FOR SOUND READJUST- MENT BENEFITS , AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS . CHAPTER IX . REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF ...
... Needs and PROBLEMS . . EFFECTIVENESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RE- ADJUSTMENT BENEFIT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE . GENERAL CRITERIA FOR SOUND READJUST- MENT BENEFITS , AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS . CHAPTER IX . REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF ...
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... need was great- est , began a new era . The expansion in general social security protection for veterans and nonveterans alike , enables the Gov- ernment to meet the needs of veterans more effectively than was possible in years gone by ...
... need was great- est , began a new era . The expansion in general social security protection for veterans and nonveterans alike , enables the Gov- ernment to meet the needs of veterans more effectively than was possible in years gone by ...
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... needs must be filled adequately and even generously . More stress should also be placed on providing benefits for those who sacrificed most and who need help most . The Com- mission found instances in which assistance is not being chan ...
... needs must be filled adequately and even generously . More stress should also be placed on providing benefits for those who sacrificed most and who need help most . The Com- mission found instances in which assistance is not being chan ...
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... need and are in line with the amounts pro- vided under the general social security programs . This can be done ... needs of veterans and the effectiveness of veterans ' pro- grams will be analyzed on a continuing basis . At the ...
... need and are in line with the amounts pro- vided under the general social security programs . This can be done ... needs of veterans and the effectiveness of veterans ' pro- grams will be analyzed on a continuing basis . At the ...
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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