The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-22
EX-SERV|CE MEN
 ASKED ID RENDER
 REPORT BY AUG. g
Men Discharged Before Au- gust g, With Disability That May Render Them Dis
 ahIed, Concerned
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau, Tho Ags-Herald,
 300 Davidson Building

bOO DaYidSoE buuuAnk.
 Washington, July 2t.-tSpecial.)- Representative Lamar Jeffers is- sued the following today:
 All ex-service men. discharged be- fore August g. 1921. who contracted any disease or suffered any injury in the service which may be likely to cause disability or death at any fu- ture date, should secure a certificate of such disease or injury from tho U. S. Veterans Bureau before August g, 1922.
 This applies to any ex-servico men who suffered disease or injury while in the service. but who made an apparent recovery and who may not be disabled at the present time as a result of such disease or injury. but who may. at some future time. develop compensate disability traceable to that disease or injury suffered while in the service.
 Existing Disability.
 Any such eX-service man who m1% not at the present time be disabled to compensate degree as result or a'o SNAf f1N1T bQl NHO HAS iG8SOH AO believe that because of injury or dis ease contracted in line of duty, or because of serious aggravation in line of duty of any existing disa- bility, he may at any future time be disabled to compensable degree as a result of such injury pr disease con- tracted or aggravated in line or duty. should at once communicate with the U. s. Veterans Bureau and secure the certificate which will ai- low him to file claim for compensa- ton at any later date if he should find himself suffering. later on, with compensate disability traceable to his service
 May Develop Later.
 From the above 1t will be seen that this requirement of the law re- fers to those cases in which mem Der of the military or naval forces of the United States has incurred an injury or. disease which does not immediately result in q compensable disability or death. hut which may be likely to result Tn disability or death at some future time. In such cases compensation cannot be paid unless the certificate of injury has been obtained from the director or the Veterans Bureau within one year after discharge from the service, or within che year after the passage or section 3O6, as amended Angus: 3, 1921. So it is of utmost importance that all ex-serYice men discharged prior to August g, 1921. who incur. red an injury or disease while in the military service should procure a certificate os such injury or disease from She U. s. Veterans Bureau be. fore August 9. 1922. Unless the cer. tificate Is secured, which would protect the mans right to file his claim later on. should hs disa- bility become compensabie later on. he will be barred then from making his claim.
 Tea Per Cent Disable.
 "Of course. in any case in which an ex-service man has reason to be- lieve that he is disabled at the pres- ent time to compensable degree Chat is. disability of 10 per cent or more) IS a result of injury or disease incurred in the service, he should immediately file claim for compensa- ton if he as not already done so.
 Tn either case. if he has reason to believe he is suffering now 10 compensable degree with disability traceable to his service. or if he has reason to believe that at any future time he may be suffering to compen- sable degree with disability trace able to his service, he should com mun1cate at once with the U S. Veterans Bureau in order that his claim may be recorded and his rights protected.
 Ex-service people who are inter- ested in this should take it up at once with the U. s. Veterans Bureau, either at Washington, D. C., or at New Orleans, La. In taking this up man should give clear and true statement of all facts relating to the disease or injury upon which he bases his request for this certificate.
 Let us urge every ex-seryice man who wishes 70 ask for this certificate to do so immediately. ss the time is so very short. He must do so before August g. 1922"