The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-28
Disabled Vets
May Be Eligible
For New Insurance

Disabled veterans recently sep
arated from service may be eligi-
bic for new type Of Govern
ment Life Insurance as a result
OF law especially enacted for
their benefit. Veterans Admins.
tration announced today.
The present Congress authoriz.
ed this insurance by Public Law
% to provide special leverage
up to $4,000 for certain disabled
veterans.
Four basic requirements are
established by law for veterans to
qualify for this insurance. They
are:
/. The veterans must have
been disabled in active service or
under tho spocil conditions
specified in the Act,
2. The veterans must have
been separated from such scr
vice on or after April Is, 1851,
under other than dishonorable
conditions.
3. VA must find that the vet
Grams are suffering from disa-
bilities for which VA compcnsa-
tion would BIZ payable if 10 per-
cent or more in degree; and,
A. VA also must find that, be-
cause of these disabilities, the
veterans would not be insurable
under the good health standards
Of National Service Life Insur-
ance.
Under these conditions, the
law covers many groups who
were in active service or special
types Of service on and after
June II, 1850, and who were
separated on and after April 25,
1851. These groups are:
/ Those who served in the
active service Of Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps. and
Coast Guard.
2. The Reserve components Of
these branches of the Armed
Forces, including the National
Guard when called or ordered TO
active duty or active training
duty for IA days or more.
3. Cadets and midshipmen at
the United States Military. Naval
and Coast Guard Academies.
4. Commissioned officers OF the
Public Health Service and Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey while
assigned to certain specified
duties.
5. Reserve eomponents Of the
Armed Forces, including the
National Guard, while engaged
in aerial flights in Government
owned or leased aircraft for any
period with on without pay as
an incident to their military or
naval training.
All OF these groups may apply
Tor the new insurance within one
year from the date that VA finds
their disabilities to be service
connected.
Another group also Is covered.
This group includes those who
were disabled ON their way to re-
port for induction or for active
military service on and after
June q, 1850, and were scpars
atcd or otherwise released from
further military service on and
after April 25, 1861. This group
may apply for the new insur-
ance within one year from the
date that they suffered their dis
abilities.
All of the foregoing groups may
apply for any plan of National
Service Life Insurance, term, or
permanent, with certain differ
cnces from the regular NSLI con-
tracts
For one thing, the new lnsur-
ance, whether term or perman-
cnt, is non participating, that Is,
no dividends will be paid on 1t.
And, because il is non-partlci-
pating, the premium rates N
most cases, especially for the
Younger groups, are much lower
than are the standard NSII rates,
There are other differences,
but the essential benefits, rights
and privileges Of regular NSlI
ore carried in the new insurance
under lower premium rates, lower
annuity rates, and a lower rate
of interest. Those who are totally
disabled also may apply for a
waiver Of premiums on the new
insurance. The law stipnlates
that no waiver may be denied on
the grounds that the service-con-
nectcd disability became total
prior to the effective date of such
Insurance.
For further information see
the VA office. Room 2l8. Post
office Building, Key West,
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