Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
GIVE 6! WAR RISK PAY FACTS
AMOUNT is IN PROPORTION
TO NUMBER OF DEPENDENTS
Compensation tx Not Reduced by In
dfridual Effort of Disabled To
Overcome IinndfcapN.

81 WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. = Somehow
& misinformation has gotten abroad as TO
s just how much money comes TO the
IS disabled world war veteran from the
MAR Risk Insurance Bureau. and how
much from the Fedora, Board for No.
cational Educat ton.
~ First OF all. the Federal, board plain
~ states that the disabled veteran re-
F&ceivcs no money from the board un-
x less he is taking training under the
board.
The amount he receives from the
war risk insurance varies with the er-
IS tent of his disability. y total perma-
s nent disability is rated as 100 per cent
The compensation for such disability
: is 500 month. according to the pro-
i visions of the Sweet bill. which be-
came a law OF December "a, 1919. one
Z hundred dollars is The compensation
4 for y man without dependents. A man
! with dependents receives more in pro-
+ portion to the number of his dcpcn-
Z, dents.
Permanent Disability.
What is considered total pcrma-
nent disability? Any of the following
combinations OF disabilities:
f Loss of both feet.
Loss of both hands.
Loss of the sight of both eyes.
& Loss OF one foot and one hand.
Loss of one foot and the sigha OF
( ono eye.
Loss of one hand and the sight Of
one eye
Helplessness. or permanen: disabil
ity. from other causes.
M Now whether man Is 20 be con-
sidered 80 per cent disabled or 80 per
S cent disabled is a matter of special de-
termination in his individual case
Every man who has had tuberculosis
is considered a; least % per cent dis
ablcd for TWO years y man with Al
t sn6n psrmanen; a;SasiIiiE received
Sions of the Swcc; bill. For instance.
a man who has lost both hands and
both feet. or both eyes and a foot and
hand receives s9on month.
Amount i;,~ri,cd 1. same
The con,pensaci zion is paid by The
War RISK Insurance Bureau unless the
man is receiving vocational training
under ,he Federal Board for Vocation
al Education. IN that case, part OF
his compensation is paid by the Fed
eral board and part by the War risk.
hut the amount received by the man
remains the same.
Sometimes a veteran has been afraid
that II be earns money himself he
Viii be obliged 20 give Up HIS com
pcas.tioa from ihe War Risk In
score. sne -raa has only TO read care
fluffy ;his sentence FROM t5s war risk
insurance ac:;
"Th. ratings shai! b. BASED. rs Ear
IS practicable. upon The average i'm
Tair:nents 81 earning capacity result
sag from such injuries in c:vi! oc-
"uaaiions and IL; upon ;he impair
1rsat II earning capacity il. each in
diviGual case. 80 inst there shal be
10 reduction IL the rate OF co-npenSa-
lion fo- individual success n over
coming the handicap .. permanent
= t,Iy.'
StilI Receives His Fay.
For ias;zscc. = man w!Sa both hand.
..o7c would ordinarily oe considered
>otA:iy unable 20 handle 4 certain ma
chine or perform some useful labor.
suppose ihat by The aid or his teeth
and his fee patent aids OF seic-in-
vented appliances, he discovers > way
% YIN thai al>,c!lnf Or apply his
mental powers otherwise. HIS grit and
Ingenuity arg not punished. II. stan
receives his sl00 u month from the
government. and earns Whatever he
cau besides.
Henry Bitter IS one veteran In the
United States forces who has SUI
fered double total permanent dis
ability. He has los; Doth hands and
the sight OF both eyes. He was a
drug salesman befor" The war So
No has fitted up = case Of drugs which
are household remedies fo- emergency
use. He ana his brother travel to-
sethe- making record sales largely
because what they sell 5 -ornct;lin: :
people want ana because Henry Bit
ler can give intel.i-en, explanation 81
the use Of his drugs.