Non-service-connected Pension Legislation: Hearings, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 156 [and Others]. July 11-13, 1961

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Page 1155 - ... (C) the expenses of his burial to the extent such expenses are not reimbursed under chapter 23 of this title; (8) proceeds of fire insurance policies...
Page 1295 - veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
Page 1481 - Whereas the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now at an end, and peace has been established in all parts of the archipelago, except in the country inhabited by the Moro tribes...
Page 1507 - 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 1215 - An Act granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers, sailors, and nurses of the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the China Relief Expedition, and for other purposes", approved June 2, 1930, as amended (US C, 1940 edition, Supp.
Page 1215 - States during the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China relief expedition...
Page 1259 - USC 11) , is further amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (11) ; (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting in lieu thereof
Page 1069 - ... disability or death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that the death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service.
Page 1263 - The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.
Page 1068 - In the administration of the aforementioned provisions the determination of permanent total disability is made on a very liberal basis. Such a rating is granted (where the requirement of permanence is met) when there is a single disability of 60 percent or...

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