Report of appearances before special boards of review as of Dec. 19, 1933 1 Includes 22 cases in which witnesses alone appeared before the board. The total allowed cases were 21,955. That total is made up of 8,485 tubercular cases, 11,684 neuropsychiatric cases, and 1,786 general and surgical cases. Of the disallowed, which total 29,258 cases, 10,991 were tubercular cases, 15,378 were neuropsychiatric cases, and 2,889 were general and surgical cases. Of those allowed we had 19,185 unanimous decisions by all members of the board. Senator BYRNES. How many? General HINES. Of all those allowed we had 19,185 unanimous decisions of the boards; in other words, 19,185 decisions were unanimous in the allowed cases. As to the dissenting opinions among the allowed cases, we find a total of 2,154 that were dissented to by administration members, 180 dissented to by outside members, and 436 that were dissented to by administrative and outside members. I should be glad to place this table and others pertinent in the record if you desire it. Senator BYRNES. Yes; we would like to have them and they may be inserted in the record at this point. (The tables are as follows:) Special review board decisions as of Dec. 19, 1933 Albuquerque, N. Mex. Atlanta, Ga.. Baltimore, Md. Birmingham, Ala.. Boise, Idaho. Boston, Mass.1. Buffalo, N.Y. Burlington, Vt. Charleston, W.Va. Charlotte, N.C. Cheyenne, Wyo. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbia, S.C. Dallas, Tex_ Denver, Colo Des Moines, Iowa. Detroit, Mich.. Fargo, N.Dak. Fort Harrison, Mont. Hines, Ill. Indianapolis, Ind. |