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Administrator of Veterans American Legion amount appeal authorized average beneficiary benefits bill Boxer Rebellion Captain CHURCH CHAIRMAN claims Colored combat committee compensation or pension conclusive presumption Congressman court covered by H. R. death deceased veterans deceased World dependents Disabled American Veterans disabled veterans discharged domiciliary Economy Act eligible emergency officers enactment entitled Federal Foreign Wars Government GURNETT hereby HINES hospital increase Jerry Voorhis legislation March 20 military or naval misconduct monthly naval service Navy non-service-connected disability organization paid paragraph payable payments percent permanent and total permanent total disability presumption Public Law Numbered Purple Heart Rankin rating schedule reason receive record RICE ROGERS service-connected disability Seventy-third Congress Social Security Board Spanish-American Spanish-American War tion United Veterans of Foreign Veterans Regulation Numbered veterans suffering VOORHIS widows and orphans wife World War veterans wounds ZANDT
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Page 39 - States, and periods of honorable service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States...
Page 215 - Administrator, such disclosure would not be injurious to the physical or mental health of the claimant and to an independent medical expert or experts for an advisory opinion pursuant to section 4009 of this title.
Page 311 - July 2, 1921, is discharged or resigns shall be conclusively held and taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service...
Page 309 - The United States shall bear the excess mortality cost and the cost of waiver of premiums on account of total disability traceable to the extra hazard of military or naval service, as such hazard may be determined by the Administrator.
Page 44 - II (a) to (j), shall be increased by $31.50 per month. "(1) If the disabled person, as the result of service-incurred disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands, or of both feet, or one hand and one foot, or is so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, the monthly pension shall be $135.
Page 214 - ... shall be exempt from taxation, shall be exempt from the claims of creditors, and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after receipt by the beneficiary.
Page 300 - The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this Act shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other official of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise...
Page 49 - States and have been separated therefrom under honorable conditions and who have established the present existence of a serviceconnected disability or who are receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or pension by reason of public laws administered by the Veterans...
Page 300 - All decisions rendered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the provisions of this title, or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact, and no other official or court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to review by mandamus or otherwise any such decision. SEC. 6. In addition to the pensions provided in this title, the Administrator of Veterans...
Page 47 - A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.