The southern news., 1951-05-26

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The newly passed Public Law
rs has no bearing on this training
benefit. Despite the fact that war
time rates are now paid for all
disabilities incurred in service dur
ing the Korean conflict the law
| extending rehabilitation training to
Korean veterans specifically pro-
vides that disabilities must result
! from armed conflict or extra-haz-
ardous conditions. The mere re-
ceipt of wartime compensation
without either of these conditions
being NETS not enough.
Indemnity payments. Under the
| Settlements Indemnity and In
surance nActs of 1851, passed April
25, 1851, servicemen are automatic
ally covered against death in act
i've service for $10,000-less any
| National Service Life Insurance or
| u. S. Government Life Insurance
I in force at time of death.
This free indemnity protection
continues for 120 days after sep
aration from service, for those call
| GU " tOtiNG Quly lOI lIOIG lulll oV
days.
| The law provides for the grant
| ing of a special type of non-par-
ticipating insurance under certain
! conditions to persons released from
active service and who have serv-
| ice connected disabilities rated at
! 10 per cent or more.
cN,
more than 80 days who were not
disabled in service, the law pro-
vides for the granting of nonepar-
| ticipating insurance on the five
| year level premium term plan, with
| renewal privileges. The veteran
must apply within 12O days after
| discharge, and no medical exam
nation is required.
National Service Life Insurance.
| Persons in active service for more
than 80 days and who hold NSLI
/ (World War ID or USGLI CWorld
War - insurance, may apply for
a waiver of all premiums on term
insurance. or of that portion OF any
| permanent insurance premiums
| representing the cost of pure in
surance risk.
! These waivers will apply for the
! remainder of the continuous active
service, and for 120 days after
I wards. During the waiver period,
any such term insurance that ex-
pires will be automatically re-
newed for an additional five-year
J period.
After the servicemen get out of
service, they have 12O days in
which to pick up this insurance
again, and may keep it in force
thereafter by making the required
| payments.
Aid for the blinded. VA pro
vides pecial aid to veterans who
are blinded and are entitled to
compensation for service-connect-
ed disability. The blindness itself
need not be service e-connected
This benefit has not been affect
ed by the new Public Law 90, since
it always has been available to vet
Grams of both war and peacetime
service
Aids include approved electronic
and mechanical equipment. as wen
as seeing eye or guide dog VA
also pays the expense of training
the veteran to use the dog. and
for the dogs medical attention.
| Wheelchair housing Seriously
disabled veterans who can't get
about without the aid of wheel
chairs. braces or the like may be
| entitled to a grant from the VA
| for the purchase of a suitably
| equipped home. The grant is up to
SO per cent of the cost of the
/ house, but may not exceed $4,000.
To be eligible, the veteran must
be entitled TO compensation for
permanent and total disability due
to loss, or loss of use, of both legs
so that he must u Sc a rtificial
help for locomotion.
The wheelchair housing act also
has been available TO war and
peacetime veterans ever since its
enactment.
Death compensation. Unremar-
ried widows, unmarried children
and dependent parents may be en-
titled to death compensation pay
ments at wartime rates, if a veter-
an dies because of disease or in
/ jury incurred in line of duty on or
after June 27, 1850 The unmar-
ried children may be eligible if
they are under IS, or if attending
an approved school, are nder 21.
| Wartime rates vary with the
number and type of dependents. A
widow with no children, for ex-
ample, would receive $75 a month.
and a widow with one child would
get SIS. Peacetime rates in all
cases are so per cent of the war
time rates.
Tho newly Public Law
2S authorizes wartime rates in all
cases where the disability occurred
on or after June 27, 1850. Before
the law was passed, the wartime
rates could be paid only in peace
J time cases where death resulted
I from injury or disease received
in line of duty as a direct result
of armed conflict or while engaged
| i'm eXtra-hazardous service.
Death Pension. Under the new
law, eligible dependents of certain
veterans who die of nonservice-
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