Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-07
DISABLED VETS MUST FILE
 APPLICATIONS AT ONCE


 Fletcher Post, No. 4, American Legion, has been notified by the United States Veterans Bureau that next Wednesday, August 9th, will be the last day op which disabled ex-service men can make application for certificate of injury. This is important as the act makes it incumbent upon the discharged service men to procure certificates of injury if they desire to protect their future rights.
 The notice received by Commander Anderson says:
 Section 309 of the war risk insurance act as amended is a section which has been enforced but little up to the pres ent time, the reason being that the five years mentioned therein has not run for many of the discharged service men who desire to claim their rights. under this act rather than under the pension law. Those who were discharged between April 9th, 1917. and October 9th. 1917, II have an optional right; that is. they II can either apply to the pension bureau 1 or to the veterans bureau, if they apply l within the statutory period, namely, i within five years. Persons discharged | l after October 9th, 1917, will have no rights whatsoever unless they make :! claim five years from the date of their | discharge. An example of that is A | man discharged from the army on s. c. 1 D. December 1st. 1917, files claim | with the veterans bureau at one of the | l district offices on; December 18th 1922. ! His claim must necessarily be disaIow l ] ed because he has not applied for com l pensation with the five-year period, un- I less he has a certificate of injury which 1 he must procure before August 9th, l 1922, in accordance with Section 306 as amended. In other words. Section 309 provides that claims for compensation
 must be filed in the ease of disability within five years after discharge or | resignation from the service. or in case of death during service within five years
 after such death is officially recorded in the department in which the man may have served. aid that where compensa-
 tion is payable for death or disability
 occurring after discharge or resignation from the service claim must he made
 within five years after such death or the beginning of such disability. Thus it
 will be seen that parents who are not
 receiving compensation must prove de-
 pendency within five years after the death of the person on account of whose service claim is made
 Up to this point reference has only been made to the applications for d'sa- [ bility or death benefits under the com pensation provisions of the act insofar as provision has been made for the time within which such claims may he filed : Section sos of the act is extremely i'm
 nortant as regards claims for compensa- ton account of disability. and makes 1t incumbent upon the discharged ser I vice men. to procure from the director : after medical examination has been - made pursuant to regulations. certif-
 cate of injury stating in effect that the applicant at the time of his discharge
 or resignation from the service was suf-
 fering from an injury "lil1elv to result f In death ar disability Apnlication for
 this certificate of injury must be made 3 prior to Aueust 9th, 1922. excent in . | ca ses whe-e the ex-Service man was dis l. charged after Aueust 9th. 1921. in which - event he has one year after such dis Q charge in which to file arnlica ton for a certificate of iniurT< Tn other words a ', cIairant today has no appreciable dis r ability but he nav have been injured
 or nav have contracted some diseaee Q which vii at some future time result
 in disa bili+v or death. Tn this class of
 "a ses in the event he desires ta nrntnrt . 1 his future riohts if is essential that he
 aroiv for pnd ohta'n from the bureau : within ona year after diechargo or with
 in one vaar after August 9th 1921
 fwhichevAr is the later datel a certiA- cote of ininrv showing that at the time . 1 of hfs dierharen fro1o service he was s ] sufferir~ with an +riury I4'-elv to result :, in death or disability. The man who < nbtan ns such certificate of injury with " in the prescribed nerind must neverthe- less i,a application for cornnensation
 within tho time lirnit provided for by = 1 Section 309 which allows him five years after the heeinr'n~ of s1ch disability, , 1 or in the event of his death proximatelv resulting from injury CT diseaSe inrnr- 7 rcd In the service. claim may ha filed
 within five years after such dnath pro
 vided he leaves surviving a widow, child
 or dependent parents.
 The fve-vear reriod referred to may T he extended by the director not to ex- y cAad one vear fn~ good cause shown is However if at the time any right ac- y crues to any nerson under the nrovis- n ions of the act referred to. such rer- le son is a minor. or is Of unsound mind IS or physically unable to make a. claim .e the fve-vear period will not begin tC m run until snoh disc hility ceases
 le Section 315 of the act as amended .6 applies: to those who enlisted after Feh n- ruary 9th 1a29 Should claim he flet Id hv a discharged man who enlisted sftA le that date. regardless Of the date of dis at charge. at present he is without nrotec le ton. Several acts are pendin~ in con 1- EreSS to cover such cla Ss of claims. bu Ct as the statutes TOW stand there is n, s. act to protect them, and neither tn r. Veterans. Pnrfau. or the nenSon ofic a. has any jurisdiction over them
 tn The above merely means that If vol to have not filed a claim for compeneatio
 and some time In the future you inter nt L tn, It is necessary for you to apply fo CT this certificate of injury on or befor on August 9th.