VETERANS ADMINISTRATION EXPENDITURES Cash benefits. Medical services .. Inpatient care. Outpatient care. $68, 950, 000, 000 10, 201, 000, 000 000,000 8, 692, 000 000 1. 509 000.000 1 Estimates, excludes approximately $11 million in grants to the Republic of the Philippines for medical care and treatment of veterans. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING JULY 1, 1960, 1961, AND 1962 VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION AND ITS PREDECESSOR AGENCIES' EXPENDITURES FROM APPROPRIATED FUNDS, BY WAR AND PURPOSE⭑ b Adjusted Service Certificate Fund (World War I bonus) which is a trust fund established by appropriation. Includes medical, hospital and domiciliary care, loans to veterans in training, counseling of veterans in training, travel of beneficiaries, direct home loans to veterans, loans for the operation of hospital canteens, and payments under the Soldiers and Sailors' Civil Relief and Marine and Seamen's Insurance appropriation. NOTE.-Expenditures reflect the net amount of vouchers approved for payment rather than the amount of checks issued and differ from amounts reported to the Bureau of the Budget and Treasury Department in accordance with Budget-Treasury Regulation No. 1-A, revised, by the amount of payment and collection vouchers in transit between the Veterans' Administration and regional disbursing offices at the close of the fiscal year. of paymen Veterans' Administration Reports and Statistics Service Office of the Controller EXTRACT FROM VA DISABILITY RATING SCHEDULE Disease or injury Rating Page of percent schedule Compensa tion rate! Amputation, thumb, index, and middle fingers (major hand). Elbow, ankylosis of, unfavorable, at an angle of less than 50% or with complete loss of supination or pronation Colitis, ulcerative, severe; with numerous attacks a year and malnutrition, the health only fair dur- Bronchitis, chronic, severe; with dyspnea at rest or on slight exertion and considerable emphysema.. Frozen feet, residuals of (immersion foot), with loss of toes, or parts, and persistent severe symptoms (bilateral) Amputation, thumb, index, and middle fingers (minor hand) Wrist, ankylosis, unfavorable, in any degree of palmar flexion, or with ulnar or radial deviation Rhinitis, atrophic, chronic, with massive crusting and marked ozena, with anosmia. Neurocirculatory asthenia (effort syndrome), with marked weakness, breathlessness, profuse sweating, pallor, fainting attacks, cyanosis of extremities.. 1 Basic rate, for single disabilities only, exclusive of statutory awards and dependency benefits. 'A revision of the rating schedule which will change the page number and criteria for epilepsy, petit mal, and neurocirculatory asthenia has been approved and will be issued at a future date. SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE OF VETERANS World War I Veterans Eligible, or to become eligible, 90% Maximum Social Security Retirement for single person... Per month Per annum $127.00 $1, 524, 00 190, 50 40.00 60. 00 2,286. 00 480. 00 720.00 NOTE-Under provisions of Public Law 86-211, after all contributions to a retirement fund (such as social security) are repaid to the beneficiary, income from the fund is counted as income for pension purposes. For a veteran or widow without dependents, if income other than the pension is between $1,200 and $1,800, pension payment of $40 for a veteran or $25 for a widow. For a veteran or a widow with dependents, if income other than the pension is between $2,000 and $3,000, pension payment to the veteran is $45 and to the widow $40 (or more if she has more than one dependent). If a veteran or widow is receiving maximum benefits under social security they would not, therefore, be precluded from receiving pension payment in some amount, provided they do not receive income from some other source than social security placing income from other sources at an amount in excess of the maximum allowable income for receipt of pension. If the social security payment is lower than $1,200 for those without dependents or lower than $2,000 for those with dependents, and if there is no income from another source, the pension applicant would be entitled to a higher payment of pension. (See rate schedule, pages 1072 and 1074 of this publication) Average age of World War I veterans on effective date for coverage by social security was 42. CUMULATIVE ADDITIONAL COST OF WORLD WAR I PENSION, $100 PER MONTH The cumulative cost to the year 2000 of bills to grant a pension of $100 per month to veterans of World War I discharged under conditions other than dishonorable after 90 days' service or discharged for service-connected disability, without regard to income (H.R. 209, 87th Congress, and related bills). CUMULATIVE ADDITIONAL COST of world war I PENSION, $102.37 PER MONTH WITH INCOME LIMITATION OF $2,400 WITHOUT DEPENDENTS AND $3,600 WITH DEPENDENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF INCOME FROM RETIREMENT ANNUITIES OR PENSIONS The cumulative cost to the year 2000 of H.R. 3745, 87th Congress, a bill to grant a pension of $102.37 per month to all honorably discharged veterans of World War I who meet the income limitation described above. |