Arizona sun., 1949-02-25
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Administration made 1880 personal
and counter contacts and prepared
8,135 forms and applications for
benefits last month, w. T. Harda-
way, manager of the regional Of
flee at Phoenix, reported today.
Total loans (cumulative) on
which guaranty or insurance COM
mitment has been issued and COM
pleted on Jan. IS numbered 6,713,
amounting to $23, 3,966,643.
Veterans in school or training
under Federal benefits on Jan. 81
totaled 10,359. Training under the
CT Bill were 1926 veterans, and
1,133 were under Public Law 16
for disabled veterans. 7,719 were
in school training, 2,218 in job
training and 422 in institutional on
farm training. Payments made for
vocational rehabilitation and edu-
cation last month totaled 1888, ,497,
of which 1886, ,466 was for subsist-
ence allowances to trainees and
$153,031 to educational institutions
for tuition and supplies.
During January LIP veterans
case files were transferred into the
Phoenix regional office from out
of-state offices, while 954 files were
transferred to out-of-state offices.
Veterans taking institutional-on-
farm training under the G-I Bill
must submit reports Of their 194S
earnings to their Veterans Admin
istration Regional Office by March
/, 1949, in order to continue re-
ceiving subsistence allowances, VA
said today.
Failure to submit the reports be-
fore the deadline may result in
suspension of subsistence payments
until such time as the reports
reach VA. Veterans farm trainees
in Arizona total 383.
The reports must cover income
from productive labor only for the
calendar year 1913. They will be
used by VA as the basis for ad-
justing each veterans subsistence
for the current year 1949.
Under the law, subsistence al
lowance will be reduced If a vet
eran's monthly income from pro-
ductive labor, plus his subsistence,
exceeds $210 month if he has no
dependents, $270 a month if he has
one dependent, or 1920 if he has
more than one dependent.
The annual earnings report is
based upon farm accounting re-
cords kept by the veteran farm
trainee as part of his course of in
Struction.
In case Of a veteran operating a
farm for himself under the train
ing program, income from produc-
tive labor is computed by deducting
from his yearly net farm income
(1) the interest on his capital in
vestments and (2) an amount for
unpaid labor and by adding an
estimated value for family living
furnished by the farm.
His net farm income is derived
from the difference between in
ventories at the beginning and end
of the year and from a detailed
account of all receipts and expen-
ditures in connection with his farm
business.
A veteran taking his training
from an employer-trainer, on the
other hand, reports as compensa-
ton for productive labor all wages
received, whether in cash or in
kind.
Early this year veteran farm
trainees received necessary VA
forms for making the report.
AS a part of their course of
training, they receive assistance
from their instructors in closing
their books for the past year and
transferring data to the VA form.
disqualification and outpatient
treatment provided by Veterans
Administration are not available
to members of veterans families,
DR.. M. ]. Wollenman, Chief Medi-
cal Officer, VA regional office, said
in response to inquiries,
Many wives of veterans were
treated by Army and Navy doctors
while their husbands were in serv-
ice. Some wives now enormously
believe they also are entitled to
medical treatment from VA ply
SicianS.
Only ex-Servicemen and women,
If discharged under conditions
other than dishonorable, are en-
titled to hospital treatment under
the following priority system:
First: Emergency cases.
Second: Those suffering from in
juries or diseases incurred in or
aggravated by military service.
Third: Those who state under
oath they are unable to pay hos
pital charges for treatment of nom
service-connected disability or ILL
nesses. These veterans, if not in the
emergency category, must wait un-
til bed becomes available.
Outpatient treatment is available
only for veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities. Each veterans
eligibility must be dete rmined by
VA before treatment Oh this type
can be authorized.
Question: Under what circum-
stances Is it necessary for me to
take a physical examination in or
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