Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-13
injury CERTIFICATES
AVAILABLE FOR VETS.
They Are Necessary in Making
Application for Com
pensation.

There are a large number OF veter-
ans throughout the country. probably
thousands of them, who have neglect
ed TO apply for a certificate Of injury.
The failure to obtain this certifiCHtC
will initiate against the veterans In
making application for compensation
under the Veterans Bureau. in the
event that he fails TO apply for COM
pensation within Ave years from date
of discharge. Therefore the Director
OF the Bureau, Col. Charles X. Forbes,
Il urging veteran organizations TO ad-
wise their members OF the necessity
OF securing such a certificate.
! The certificate OF injury must be
obtained prior 10 August .. 1922. as
provided in Section 306 Of the War
Risk Insurance Act as amended
August Q. 1921. This section of the
Act covers the limitations of the riSe1t
~ an ex-soldier TO obtain compensa-
tion for disability resulting from a
disease or injury OF service origin un-
less the disease or injury has resulted
| in A disa bility within one year from
date Of discharge, or unless the dis
can obtain from the Director OF the
United States Veterans Bureau GER
tificate OF injury within one year from
the date OF separation from the ser
vice or prior 10 August 9. 1922. The
! Director OF the Veterans Bureau de-
sires TO inform the persons who may
have sustained an injury or disease
In the service, likely 10 result in death
or disability. AZ TO their right to GER
tificate OF injury and also as TO the
limitations OF the statute which make
1t imperative that they have such q
certificate II compensation should be
payable for disability resulting from
such injury.
1t is not necessary to file a claim
for compensation or TO take any for
NAL action other than the writing OF
a letter TO the Director, Cnied Safe:
Veterans Bureau, Washington. d. c.
. giving the name. rank. organization
date Of enlistment and discharge anC
. stating the circumstances under which
, the disease or injury in question wa:
: incurred.
: Heretofore not very. much emphasis
has been placed on Section 305 Of th'
Act, the reason being that the five
years mentioned therein has not ruI
for many OF the discharged service rrsi
who desire TO claim their right unde
this Act rather than under the Pen
sion Law. Those who were discharge,
between April and October. 1917, hav'
An optional right, that is they cal
az hot o. 20 M panc4n,1 n
to the Veterans Bureau II they appl.
within the statutory period. manner:
r within FIVE years. Persons discharge
, after October 6, 1917, Will have n
t right whatever unless they max
? claim five years from date of thei
} discharge. An example OF that is
"A man discharged from the Nav
on a surgeons certificate of disabilit
December !. 1917, files claim with IN
Veterans Bureau at any one Of tn
district offices on December Is, 1872:
His claim must necessarily be dis
allowed because ne has not apple
for compensation within the five-yea
period. unless he has a certificate q
injury. which as stated above. he mus
obtain before August 9, 1922 TIL
above statement also relates TO ap
plicst ion for compensation because {
service connected deaths. Parent
who are not receiving compensate
must show dependency within fiv
;years after the death of the persO
ton account of whose service claim
made. This provision Of the Act
found in Section sol. subdivision &c
II might be well to mention in tn
connection Section 3l5 of the Act TT
r section. of course, only covers thOs
> who are enlisted after February
> 1929. Should a claim be filed by
= discharged man who enlisted aft
y February q, 1922. regardless of the da
Z discharge. at the present time !
:, ~ WITHOUT protection. Several Ac
ia are pending in Congress to COW
n such class OF claimants, but as Il
statutes now stand there is no act
| protect them, neither the Veteran
| Bureau nor the Pension Office has al
] jurisdiction over them.
rs These facts are called to the atte
IN ton Of the ex-service men in ord
)T that they may not lose any right
ID privileges under the War Risk
IN surance Act as amended August
70 1921.