Pending Service-connected Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Legislation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 3067, S. 3072, S. 2363 and Related Bills, March 13, 1974 |
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... Price Index has reflected a cost - of - living increase of 11.3 percent , as of January 31. The following table il- lustrates the rapid and continuing increase in the Consumer Price Index :. TABLE 2.-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR , BUREAU OF ...
... Price Index has reflected a cost - of - living increase of 11.3 percent , as of January 31. The following table il- lustrates the rapid and continuing increase in the Consumer Price Index :. TABLE 2.-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR , BUREAU OF ...
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... PRICE INDEX January . February March April . May- June . July . August . September October . November . December . ( 1967 = 100 ] 1972 1973 1974 123.2 127.7 139.7 123.8 128.6 124.0 129.8 124.3 130.7 124.7 131.5 125.0 132.4 125.5 132.7 ...
... PRICE INDEX January . February March April . May- June . July . August . September October . November . December . ( 1967 = 100 ] 1972 1973 1974 123.2 127.7 139.7 123.8 128.6 124.0 129.8 124.3 130.7 124.7 131.5 125.0 132.4 125.5 132.7 ...
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... Price Index , has risen 11.3 percent . Subsection ( a ) of section 2 and section 3 of the bill would increase disability compensation rates payable to veterans by approximately 15 percent . Subsection ( b ) of section 2 would authorize ...
... Price Index , has risen 11.3 percent . Subsection ( a ) of section 2 and section 3 of the bill would increase disability compensation rates payable to veterans by approximately 15 percent . Subsection ( b ) of section 2 would authorize ...
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... Price Index : TABLE 2.-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR , BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX January . February . March . April . May . June . July August . September October .. November December ( 1967 = 100 ] 1972 1973 1974 ...
... Price Index : TABLE 2.-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR , BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX January . February . March . April . May . June . July August . September October .. November December ( 1967 = 100 ] 1972 1973 1974 ...
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... , 1972. From that date through January 1974 , the cost of living , as reflected by the Consumer Price Index , has risen 13.5 percent . The rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for parents were recently increased , effective 21.
... , 1972. From that date through January 1974 , the cost of living , as reflected by the Consumer Price Index , has risen 13.5 percent . The rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for parents were recently increased , effective 21.
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Page 26 - ... increases in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index, OEO revises, from time to time, its income guidelines in order to reflect such increases.
Page 283 - Code, to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
Page 74 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 337 - Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Page 344 - Administration may be made directly to the beneficiary or to a relative or some other person for the use and benefit of the beneficiary, regardless of any legal disability on the part of the beneficiary. Where, in the opinion of the Administrator, any fiduciary receiving funds on behalf of a Veterans...
Page 329 - ... is blind in .both eyes, with 5/200 visual acuity or less, or is permanently bedridden or so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, the monthly compensation shall be $216.
Page 184 - ... visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20° in the better eye.
Page 337 - Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr.
Page 334 - Administrator any guardian, curator, conservator, or other person is acting as fiduciary in such a number of cases as to make it impracticable to conserve properly the estates or to supervise the persons of the wards, the Administrator is hereby authorized to refuse to make future payments in such cases as he may deem proper: Provided further, That prior to receipt of notice by the Veterans...
Page 334 - II hereof, where no guardian, curator, or conservator of the person under a legal disability has been appointed under the laws of the State of residence of the claimant, the director shall determine the person who is otherwise legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate.