The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-16
ALL DISABLED SHOULD
OBTAIN CERTIFICATE
Amended Act Cut of Compensation
for Death or Disability Within
Year From Discharge.

Burlington, March l6.-The follow
ing important information affecting
disabled veterans of the World war is
given out by Allen Fletcher, sub-dis-
trict manager U S. veterans bureau,
127 st. Paul street, this city:
All ex-seryicemen at present suffer
Ing from injuries of disease contract
ed in the service should be advised TO
take advantage OF this section even
though disabilities Of non-cOmpen-
sable degree. This section was amend
ed by the act of Aug 9, 1921 extend
ing the privilege o. obtaining certifi-
cate OF injury in cases OF men pre-
viously separated from military or ma
val service so that all former service
men having injury or disease contract
ed in the service who had not there
tofore taken advantage of the provis-
ions allowing certificates of injury to
he issued later could secure such GER
tificate not later than Aug. 9. 1922
Section 306 as amended provides as
follows
mo compensation shall be payable
Tor death or disability which does not
occur prior to or within one year after
discharge or resignation from the ser
vice, except that where, after a medi.
cal examination made pursuant to reg
ulations, a certificate has been obtain.
ed from the director at the time OF
discharge or resignation form the ser.
vice, or within one year thereafter, OF
within one year after the passage o!
| this amendatory act, whichever is the
later. to the effect that the injured
person 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 occurring
prox mately resulting from such in
jury"
A recent case illustrates how much
disabled men and their families may
lose by failing to take advantage of
this provision In this case a soldier
was discharged from the service WITH
an advanced case Of tuberculosis. Two
years after his discharge he died as a
result of this disease but had failed
to apply either for a certificate OF In,
! jury or for compensation. No inquiry
or claim was ever made or filed with
the bureau until three and one.hali
years after the soldiers discharge
when his relatives filed claim for in,
surace. The bureau Immediately set
out to procure evidence necessary Ia
bring the case to a final adjudication
and information tleu received both
through official channels and other
wise, established the fact that the
soldier was permanently and totally
disabled from date of discharge. OF
course, installments of insurance
which had accrued from the date OF
the soldiers discharge to the date OF
his death were paid as provided by
law and installments thereafter were
paid to the designated benefciaries
but the soldier had lost treatment in
cluding hospital service and had also
lost payments Of compensation which
might otherwise have been made tC
him over a period of two years be
cause of his failure to make applica
tion to the bureau
All ex-serviCe persons desiring any
information relative to compensation
insurance or vocational training
should get in touch with Mr.. Fletcher
at the above address