Alma record., 1922-08-03
Get CERTIFICATES
VETE RAMS URGED
NEED or CERTIFICATE OF IN
JURY POINTED OUT BY COL.
FORBES.

There are a large number of vet
erans throughout the country, prob
ably thousands Of them, who have
neglected to apply for a certificate
Of injury. The failure to obtain this
certificate will initiate against the
veterans in making application for
compensation under the Veterans
Bureau, in the event that he fails to
apply for compensation within five
years from date OF discharge. There
f1fe 'the 9bsree1or Of ti1e Bureau, Col!
Ch&fes r. FbIbs, ois1 urging vteran'
urgant2H o3io3tt To- advlse Their ,nern-
bery .fof Dtke ineeessty of securing
shaH'A iarbfLM droEl C5N3o17 oaw -.
rThE ctltiFjeatSnef injury mdA be
cbt8insl pffbr to august 9;'ifs22l as
provided in, Section 306 Of the War
s6tk" irs,if4fce "Att2,- as amerded
EGeGst q 1921. This section Of the
Ati covti'- the Limitations of the
aignt Of an eE-soldier TO obtain COM
p6nsation for a disability resulting
from a disease or injury Of service
origin unless the disease or injury
has resulted in a disability within one
year from date Of discharge, or unless
the discharged soldier or sailor can
obtain from the Director Of the Unit
ed States Veterans Bureau a certifi-
cate Of injury within one year from
,he date of separation from the serv-
ice or prior to Aug. 9, 1922. The Di-
rector Of the Veterans Bureau de-
siros to inform the persons who may
have sustained an injury or disease
in the service, likely to result in
death or disability, as to their right
to certificate CT injury and also as to
The limitations Of the statute which
make it imperative that they have
such certificate of compensation
should be payable for disability re-
aalting from such injury.
It is not necessary to file claim
for compensation or to take any for
nal action other than the writing of
a letter to tic Director, United States
Veterans Bureau, Washington, ID. c.,
giving the name, rank organization,
date Of enlistment and discharge and
stating the circumstances under
which the disease or injury in
Ques zion was incurred.
Heretofore not very much empha-
sis has been placed cn Section 800 Of
thc Act, the reason being that the
five years mentioned therein has not
run for many of the discharged SER
vice men who desire to claim their
right under this Act rather than un-
der the Pension Law. Those who were
/ discharged between April 6, 1917 and
+ October 1917 have an optional right,
that is they can either apply to the
Pension Bureau or to the Veterans
Bureau if they apply within the stat
utory period namely, within five
years. Persons discharged after Oc-
tober 6, 1917, will have no right what
ever unless they make claim five
years from date Of their discharge.
An example of that is: "a man dis
charged from the Navy on a surgeons
certificate of disability December 1
1917, files claim with the Veterans
Bureau at any enc of the district
offices on December Is, 1922. His
claim must necessarily be disallow-
ed because he has not applied for
compensation within the five-year
period unless he has a certificate OF
injury, which as stated above, he
must obtain before August 8, 1922
The above statement also relates tc
application for compensation because
Of service connected with deaths
Parents who are not receiving com
pensation must show dependency
within five years after the death OF
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