COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

POSITION OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION ON
BILLS RELATED TO PROVISION OF NURSING CARE
FOR VETERANS, JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLAIMS FOR
COMPENSATION, PROPOSED CHANGES IN PENSION AND
COMPENSATION PROGRAM, A "PEACETIME G.I. BILL,"
REOPENING OF NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
PROGRAM, AND AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
VA HOSPITALS

APRIL 3, MAY 28, 1963

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a
comprehensive index at the end of the Congress. Page num-
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ROBERT A. EVERETT, Tennessee, Chairman

HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina CHARLES M. TEAGUE, California ROBERT T. SECREST, Ohio

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1963

CONTENTS

Chairman. (See Teague, Hon. Olin E.)

Page
167-169

169, 174, 175
396-397

318, 319, 337, 398, 399

Committee staff: Patterson, Edwin B., counsel

Compensation, administration position on various proposals.

364-402

Dependency and indemnity compensation, administration position on

pending proposals.

Dorn, Hon. W. J. Bryan..

Driver, William J. (See Veterans' Administration.)

366-369

178, 294, 309, 318, 319

Education for peacetime veterans, administration position on 365–366, 402-405
Edwards, Hon. Don--

Gleason, John S., Jr. (See Veterans' Administration.)

Haley, Hon. James A..

168-170, 177-180, 184, 325, 329, 336

Halpern, Hon. Seymour.

181, 182, 322

Hospital projects, administration position on bills related to-

367

Insurance, administration position on various proposals-- 362, 369–377, 394–400

Intermediate care. (See Nursing care.)

Judicial review of veterans' compensation claims:

Administration position on proposed bills__.

Independent medical expert study.

Kornegay, Hon. Horace R-

Libonati, Hon. Roland V

Marsh, Hon. John O., Jr..

311-359

339-357

177, 178,

296, 297, 309, 310, 313-323, 330-332, 336, 337, 398, 402, 403

361, 377-382, 392-394

180, 297

Military Appeals, Court of, status of cases_.

334-335

Nursing care:

Administration position on provision of facilities...

143-184

Beds availability in selected VA hospitals based on subcommittee sur-

Claims: Direct Benefit Payments, 1955-2000 (estimated under exist-

ing law) --

196-197