The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-06-23
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1922.
DISABLED SOLDIERS
FILE Y0T CLAIM NOW

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before you entered the service?
You probably are. But perhaps
you are not. You may be suffering
from an ailment which started while
you were in uniform which has not
given you much concern, but which,
nevertheless, causes you to feel at
times it may grow worse. The
chances are you have never filed a
claim for compensation if you are in
this class. Your pride may have re-
strained you, or you may have be-
lieved it would be an imposition upon
the Government for ar apparently
able-bodied man like you to go before
the medical examiners.
If you reasoned thus, your feelings
are praiseworthy, of course. But
they may, nevertheless, be injudi-
cious. There are some things you
ought to do for your own protection.
By ignoring any present ailment, due
to your service, you may forego the
chance later to present a claim for
compensation if it should become
real disability. 1t is important that
you have your present ailment, no
ma ter how slight, made matter of
official record.
Every man with a wartime disa-
bility, however trivial, who has not
filed a claim for compensation should
do so before August 8, 1922. This
is the time limit specified for the fill
ing of claims under the Sweet Act
passed last autumn. The section of
the act containing the provision is as
follows:
Section 300: "No compensation
shall be payable for death or disabil-
ity which does not occur prior to or
within one year after discharge or
resignation from the service, except
that where, after medical examina-
tion made pursuant to regulations, a
certificate has been obtained from
the director at the time of discharge
within one year thereafter, or within
one year after the passage of this
mandatory act, whichever is the lat
err, to 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 for death or disability
shall be payable whenever occurring,
proximately resulting from such in
jury"
1t is obvious from the above, that
it is advisable to file a claim now re-
CARELESS of whether the man with
disability believes it sufficient to en-
title him to compensation at this
time. Compensation is only awarded
where the disability is found to be at
least 10 percent. If the medical ex
animation and the facts in the case
reveal that man is suffering from
disability due to service of less than
10 percent, the applicant will be pro-
vided with the certificate of disability
which will serve as the basis of any
claim he may wish to present later if
his disability increases.
1t will be remembered, of course,
that it will be necessary to prove that
the disability is of service origin or
was aggravated by service. If the ap-
plicants army service record in the
office of the Adjutant General at
Washington does not furnish the
facts to substantiate the claim-if
there are no records of the applicant
having been treated in army hospi- |
tails, for instance-he may be re-
CURED to supply additional proof to
establish the existence of contin-
uous and material disability from
date of discharge, to the date of ap-
plication.
Men who wish to make their dis |
abilities matter of record should |
with the nearest of the |
fourteen regional district offices of
the Veterans Bureau or one of the
lao sub-offices which are distributed |
throughout the country They will
be informed of the applications
which must be filled out, and will be
given a medical examination. Most
Legion post service officers are as