NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1480
RECEIVED BV
Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on National Defense 
and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation a/rcTFinance, with 
Senators Ejercito Estrada and Angara as authors thereof
AN ACT
RATIONALIZING THE DISABILITY PENSION OF VETERANS, AMENDING 
FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, ENTITLED, "AN ACT 
STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY 
VETERANS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES," AS AMENDED
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assem bled:
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Section 1. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 6948, as amended, is hereby further
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amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 5. Pension Rates. - A veteran who is disabled owing to
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sickness, disease, wounds or injuries sustained in line of
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duty shall be given a monthly disability pension in
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accordance with the rates prescribed hereunder[, unless- he
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is actually receiving a similar pension for the same disability
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"a) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from ten to
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thirty per centum (10% - 30%) the monthly pension shall be
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[One thousand pesos--(P-t7Q00.00)j FOUR THOUSAND
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FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 4,500.00);


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"b) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from thirty- 
one to forty per centum (31% - 40%), the monthly pension 
shall be [One thousand one—hundred pesos (P4,100.00)]
FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 
5,300.00);
"c) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from forty- 
one to fifty per centum (41% - 50%), the monthly pension 
shall be [One thousand two hundred pe5os-(-Pl,200.00)] SIX
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 6,100.00);
"d) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from fifty- 
one to sixty per centum (51% - 60%), the monthly pension
SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 
6,900.00);
"e) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from sixty- 
one to seventy per centum (61% - 70%), the monthly
(Pl,d00.0Q)j SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED 
PESOS (PHP 7,700.00);
"f) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from 
seventy-one to eighty per centum (71% - 80%), the monthly 
pension shall be [Gee—thousand—five - hundred—pesos 
(PI,500.00)] EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS 
(PHP 8,500.00);
"g) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from eighty- 
one to ninety per centum (81% - 90%), the monthly pension 
shall be [One--thousand six hundred pesos (Pl,600.00)]
NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 
9,300.00)
"h) If and while the disability is rated anywhere from ninety- 
one to one hundred per centum (91% -100%), the monthly 
pension shall be [One thousand seven hundred pesos


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(PI,700.00)] TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 10,000.00);
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plus [five hundred—peses—(PSOOrOO)] ONE THOUSAND
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PESOS (PHP 1,000.00) for the spouse and each
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unmarried minor children: Provided, That a veteran, [with
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er] without a service-connected [or-non-scrvicc connected]
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disability, upon reaching the age of seventy (70) is deemed
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totally disabled [with—one—hundred per centum (100%)
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ratiog] and shall be entitled to a monthly pension of One
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thousand seven hundred pesos (PI,700.00) ONLY; [pies
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Five hundred pesos (P500.00)-for the spouse and each
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unmarried minor childfeev] PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT
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THE ENTITLEMENT TO THE DISABILITY PENSION
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AUTHORIZED HEREIN SHALL BE PROSPECTIVE AND
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LIMITED TO ELIGIBLE LIVING VETERANS ONLY."
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Sec. 2. Appropriations. - The initial amount necessary for the implementation
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of this Act shall be charged against the current year's available appropriations of the
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Philippine Veterans Office. Thereafter, such sums as may be needed for the
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continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General
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Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 3. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise
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affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
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Sec. 4. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary to or
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or
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amended accordingly.
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Sec. 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
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complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of
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general circulation.
Approved,