The National tribune., 1903-05-07
PENSION POINTERS.
inquiries Answered and Sugges.
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! A. V. c., Grand Island. Neb.-In case!
. or amputatiOn above the elbow or knee
, leaving the stump in such condition as t.
prevent the nsef of m artificial limb, Q
formal application will be necessary to Sc
. cure the rate Of $50 per month, as provided
! by the act Of March 2, 1903.
w. +. S:LThe act of March 2, 1903
: does not increase any rates except those
: for amputations or total disability OF
limbs. The $24 rate you, refer to is for
disability equivalent in degree to loss OF
hand or FOOT 1t is a. purely arbitrary
standard. Under the act Of March 2
1903, the rate for the loss Of hand OF
foot or total. disability of same is $40.
w. T. D.. Head Of Grassy, Ky.-For
full text Of the amendatory act of Feb. %
1903, authorizing restoration of pension to
certain remarked widows, see issue of
fAprii 30; the new parts, not included in
the act of March 3, 1901, being shown by
italics A widow who comes under the
amended act, but did not come under the
1 former act, would have to file q new APP
plication under the new act. notwithstand-
ing she had an application on file.
nj. b. s., Beecher Falls, Vt.-Only the
legal wife Of the soldier ut the time of his
death would be recognized as his widow
under the pension laws. The Soldier
homestead laws extend to widows not re-
married. The widow is. not obliged to
personally reside on the land, but may
have it improved and cultivated by some
one representing her. She cannot, how
ever, sell her right until she has perfected
little in herself. The time she would have
to occupy the land personally or by agent
would be five years, less the period of the
soldiers service. but at least one year.
There is no law giving preference to ex-
soldiers in the matter Of securing Govern
ment bonds.
| j. w. r., Guysville. Ohio.-AIl findings
of Examining Surgeons in pension cases
| are subject to the approval and revision
Of the Commissioner of Pensions. So the
| Pension Bureau may allow less rate
| than that recommended by the Examining
| Surgeon in the case. 1t is the official
practice to order a new examination under
each application for increase. The mat
ter of rerating of pension presents a diff
ferent question from that of an increase
| claim and is to be regarded as separate
and distinct from the increase claim. If
| the decision of the Pension Bureau in
| either case is unjust and not in accord
| with the law or the evidence. it may be
advisable to take an appeal to the Secre-
| tary of the Interior. --. 90 .. ,.sr, 20
V. ", City.-The act of March 3. 1908.
increasing the service pension of Mexican
war survivors from So to $12 does not
apply to widows
Fl. NJ. Eallonia, Ind.-If the child was
at the time of the soldiers death in prac-
ticaily the same disabled condition that it
now is, then pension can be extended to
commence from the date of filing of appli-
cation for such extension. r
q. A., CardingfOn, OhO-h the soldier
left surviving neither widow nor child
under 16 to complete his pending pension
claim and leftihsufiicient assets to cover
the expenses off his last illness and burial
his claim may ibe completed by the person
who betrayed said expenses, and so much
collected fromitha pension money as mag
be necessary to reimburse for the amount
thus expended II is not sufficient that n
widow or minor Child now survives. The
fact that the soldier has been dead some
years is no bar to the completion of his
claim. ID I ,-.7-a,,s, 7.,,...1t l..-
L. b., South Dsketa.-The widow of n
soldier Of the war OF the rebellion could
obtain,pension, only by showing his death
to be due TO disability originating in the
service and line of duty, unless she was
married to hiInG before June u, 1890. The
rate of widows. pension under the act of
$50 is So per month The rate is the
same under the general law, if she were
married to him after March 10, 1886;
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for widows of enlisted men is SO per
month ...,. -. ..-s--
S. b., Carmi, Ill.-The increase to S24
per month allowed you by special act of
Congress cannot become the basis of a
further increase under the general law.
Your present pension is fixed absolutely,
and may not be further increased save
by special act of Congress, unless you
should choose to stand on the rating which
you obtained under the general law.
H.. w. H., Salt City, Kan.-Increases
of pension on pensiOned disability COM
mence from date of official medical ex-
animation; not from date of examination |
by doctor made at the request of the |
pensiOner for the purpose of securing the |
than $24 is $50, which is allowed for total |
inability to perform any manual labor. |
Increase claims should ordinarily be |
settled within month after medical eX-
animation. You We're probably required |
to show your condition by medical evil |
dence before an order for official examina-
ton was issued, in order to determine |
whether your condition. was apparently |
such as to justify the ordering Of official |
examination. -- u. 4
+. A. NJ, Taunton, Mass.-Three-yea
recruits enlisted in January, 1864. were
entitled to $500 q. S. bounty. Men veter-
AIMING, then in service, were entitled to
$500 U. S. bounty.
L. +. r., Frederick, Md.-An invalid
pensioner, by special act of Congress, is
not debarred from continuing to prosecute
his claim under the general law. If pen
sion is granted by special act without fix
ing rate, then the rate may be increased
as often as the pensioner can show to the
of the Pension Bureau that he
is entitled to such increase.
A. II. L., Reading, Pa.-There is no
special rate for partial paralysis of leg"
Nor is there special rate for injury of
spine" For incomplete inguinal hernia
the general law rate is Sc per month. For
loss of an eye the general law rate is SIT
per month. For simple loss Of sight of
an eye the general law rate is SO per
month.
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