Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-06-25
HANDY OFT C0UlJTY
CHAPTER A. R. C.,
To All, Discharged 0&eer. and
Men, Of All Branches Of the
Service.

Exception to: One-Year Limitation
upon Application for COMPENSATION.
That no compensation shall be pay.
able for death or disability which does
not occur prior to or within one year
AFTER discharge Or resignation from
the service, except that where, after
e. medical examination made pursus
ant to regulations, at the time of dis,
charge or resignation from service. OF
within such reasonable time thereaf
ter, not exceeding one year, as may
be allowed by regulations, a certifi.
cate has been obtained from the direc.
torcte the effect that the injured per.
son at the time Of his discharge or
resignation was suffering from injury
likely to result in death or disability
compensation shall be payable for
death or disability, whenever .occurr~
ing, proximately resulting from such
injury. t ~
This exception is of great import:
ance because 1t permits recovery for
death or disabil1ty-no matter when
such death or disability may occur:
It within one year after discharge or
resignation the injured person pro.
cures from the director of the Bureau
certificate to the effect that at the
time Of his discharge or resignation
he was suffering from an injury like
ly to result in death or disability;
This provision removes the one-year
limitation from cases which come
within the exception.
1t is important that officers and en-.
w
ably discharged, avail themselves of,
the benefits Of this exception where
they are suffering at the time Of dis.
charge or resignation, or find them.
selves suffering within a year after
their discharge or resignation, from
an injury likely to result in death or
disability at some later time, particu.
larly If such death or disability Is not
likely to occur until at least one year
has expired from the date of resigna.
ton or discharge. Otherwise, recov.
cry of compensation for disability OF
death which occurs later than one
year after discharge or resignation
will be barred even though the injury
from which itgresulted existed at the
time Of discharge or resignation or
appeared within one year thereafter,
Each officer and man Is given q.
thorough medical examination at the:
time he IL mustered out Of service.
If he Is found to be suffering from an
injury which creates present disable
ty or which may subsequently result
in his death or disability, he IL In
structed at that time to file with the
Claims Section of the
Bureau a claim for compensation on
Form 526 and certified copy Of the
certificate Of the medical examiner
who gave him his final medical ex.
animation will be attached to said
Form SIG. The certificate of the medi.
cal officer in the case Of an enlisted
man is made on Form 1868 A. G. O.
and in the case Of an officer on Form
1851 A. G. O. If it is found that the
injured officer or enlisted man is en-
titled to compensation, an award is
made at once. If found to be suffer
ing from an injury which Is likely at
some subsequent time to result in
death or disability, but for which he
is not entitled to compensation at that
time because it has not produced dis
ability warranting compensation, such
finding upon his application will bring
him within the exception noted above,
and a certificate will be issued. See
par. 612.
If by his final medical examination
at the time Of resignation or dis.
charge, the officer or enlisted man is
not found. to be suffering from any