Evening star., 1933-04-02
Order Slashing Veterans Aid Summarized
EXPLANATION OF NEW POLICIE

Or NEW fOL1ClES ISSUED AZ
namely, 10 per cent, IS per cent. SO
per cent, rs per cent and 100 per cent.
Heretofore the rating schedules have
been from 10 to 100 per cent at per
cent intervals.
Regulation No. merely carries into
effect the provisions Of section II of
Title I OF the act, which provides, with
certain exceptions, that those veterans
suffering with diseases or injuries d.
rectly connected with the active mill
tary or naval service should not be re-
moved from the rolls.
Regulation No. pertains to entitle-
ment to emergency officers retirement
pay and provides that any emergency
officer heretofore granted retirement
pay shall be entitled to continue to re-
ceiye such retirement pay If the dis
ability for which he has been retired
with pay resulted from disease or in
jury incurred in line of duty during war
service. It is further required that the
otncer must have been heretofore prop
erly rated 80 per cent disabled and that
the disease or injury or aggravation of
dlsease or injury directly resulted from
the actual performance of military or
naval duty.
Authorizes Treatments.
Regulation No. authorized hos
pital and domiciliary care, including
necessary medical treatment. This
regulation authorizes within the limi-
tatlon OF Veterans Administration IA
ciilties hospital treatment for veterans
OF wars who are suffering with injuries
or diseases which were incurred in the
actlve military or naval service, and
oomlclilary care to those veterans who
served IN the active military or naval
service Tor period Of 80 days or more
VINO are suffering with permanent dis
abilities or tuberculosis or neuropsv-
chriatic ailments which incapacitate
tnem from earning a living.
it Is further required that as to this
latter class Of veterans they have no
adequate means of support. This is q
marked departure from previously ex-
lstlng law. First, 1t excludes from en-
tltlement peace-time veterans. Second.
1t provides hospital treatment, as such.
only for veterans of wars suffering
with diseases or injuries which were
incurred or aggravated in line Of duty
In the active military or naval service.
Third, 1t requires 80 days service to be
entitled to admission for domiciliary
care. Fourth, hospital or domiciliary
care for non-service connected tempo
rary conditions is no longer author
lied.
This regulation also authorizes the
furnishing OF clothing to persons in
Veterans Administration facilities only
where the veteran is INDECENT and the
furnishing of clothing is necessary to
protect health or sanitation, or where
the veteran requires special clothing
made necessary by the wearing Of
prosthetic appliances. 1t further au-
thorizes the payment of travelling ex-
penses to and from Veterans Admins
tration hospitals for veterans suffering
with service connected disease. No
travelling expenses are authorized for
non-service connected cases or in con-
nection with medical examinations.
Provision Is made for the payment Of
expenses for the return
Of the body of any veteran who dies In
a hospital or home to the place Of resi-
dence or nearest national cemetery.
Must Reside In U. S.
Under the provisions of this regula-
ton, no person is entitled to receive
domiciliary, medical or hospital care.
including treatment, who resides out
side the continental limits Of the
United States or its territories or pos
sessions. Further, it is provided that
the pension Of any person suffering
with q service connected disability who
Is being furnished hospital treatment,
Institutional or domiciliary care by the
United States or any political subdi-
vision thereof, shall not exceed SIS per
month, but that If there Is dependent
wife, child or children, dependent
mother or father, the difference be-
tween SIS and the amount otherwise
payable shall be paid to such depend
ents.
As to veterans suffering with nom
service connected disabilities, 1t Is pro-
vided that the amount Of pension shall
be reduced to $6 and that the difference
between that amount and the amount
otherwise payable shall be paid to the
This regulation also pro-
vides that where person Is insane and
without dependents and his estate
equals or exceeds 81 500 no payment
shall be made until such estate Is re-
duced to $500.
Regulation No. z, authorizes the
granting Of medical care to veterans
suffering with service connected di-
seases or injuries. This regulation
merely carries on the existing practices
with regard to this class Of cases.
Regulation No. 8, pertains to yearly
renewable term insurance and author
ICES the conversion of such insurance
to United States Government life in
surance in those cases where the in
sured has disappeared and such in
surance is being continued by payment
of premiums by the beneficiary. 1t
also authorizes conversion to United
States Government life insurance in
those. cases where an insured who is
now totally and permanently disabled
and drawing benefits recovers from such
permanent total disability in the future.
Pertains to Burial.
Regulation No. 9, pertains to burial
OF deceased war veterans and author
izes the issuance OF nag to drape the
casket and after burial to be given to
the next of kin in all cases. It author
lies an allowance for funeral and burial
expenses, including transportation of
the body, in an amount not to exceed
$75 unless (a) the veterans net assets
at time Of death, exclusive of debts,
equals or exceeds $75; (b) the veteran
has accrued benefits due from the vet
erans' administration in an amount
equal to or In excess Of SITS; (e) an al
lowance for burial and funeral, includ-
ing transportation, is provided by a