The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1922-06-22

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, never
theless, causes you to feel at times that
IL may grow worse. The chances are
you never have filed claim for COM
pensation il you are in this class. Your
pride may have restrained you. or y, u
may have believed it would be an in
position upon the Government for an
apparently ablebodied man like you
to 90 before the medical examiners.
IL you reasoned thus, your feelings
are praiseworthy, of course. But they
may, nevertheless, be injudicious.
There are some things you ought to do
for your own protection. BY ignoring
any present ailment, due to your SER
vice, you may forego the chance later
to present claim for compensation il
IT should be come real disability. 1t
is important that you have your pres
ent ailment, no matter how slight,
made matter of official record.
Every man with wartime dsabili-
ty, however trivial, who has not filed
a claim for compensation should do so
before August Q, 1922. This is the
time limit specified for the fling of
claims under the Sweet Act passed last
Autumn. The section of the act con-
tanning the provision is as follows:
Section SO6: "No compensation shall
be payable 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 medical examination made
pursuant to regulations, certificate
has been obtained from the director at
the time of discharge or resignation
from the service. or within one year
thereafter, or within one year after the
passage Of this amendatory act. which
ever is the later, to the effect that the
injured person at the time of his dis
charge 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 injury"
1t is obvious, from the above, that it
is advisable to file claim now regard
less OF whether the man with disabil-
ity believes it sufficient to entitle him
to compensation at this time. Com
pensation is only awarded where the
disability is found to be at least 10 per
cent. III the medical examination and
the facts in the case reveal that man
is suffering from disability due TO
service of less than 10 per cent, the az.
plicant will be provided with the GER
tficate of disability which will serve as
the basis of any claim he may wish to
present later if his disability increases.
1t should be remembered, Of course,
that it will be necessary to prove that
the disability is of service origin or
was aggravated by service. II the ap-
plicant's army service record in the Of
flee of the Adjutant General at Wash
ington does not furnish the facts to
substantiate the claim-if there are no
records of the applicant having been
treated in army hospitals, for instance
he may be required to supply addi-
tional proof to establish the existence
of continuous and material disability
from date Of discharge, or from date
sufficiently close to the day of discharge
to the date of application.
II any ex-seryice man In Powell
county wishes to file claim for COM
pensation for disability received in
service, write to Carl WEIGH, Rosslyn,
Ky. and he will send application
blanks, etc.