The southern news., 1951-05-26
BENEFITS AVAILABLE
FOR KOREAN VETS

Veterans Administration today
spelled out the benefits available
to servicemen who went on active
duty after the outbreak of the Ko-
rean conflict. including those ben
efits provided by Public Law %,
which was signed by the Presi-
dent May II.
Under the new law, persons who
served on or after June q, 1850,
now may receive medical hospital
and domiciliary care and burial
benefits on the same basis as vet
Grams of World War II. Also, such
persons and their dependents now
may be eligible for compensation
and pension under the same con-
ditions as those who served in
World War II.
Following is a list of all VA-ad-
ministered benefits for veterans
who entered service on or after
June 27, 1950-both those made
possible by the new law and those
which previously had been in ex-
istence:
Hospitalizatior. Under the new
law, such a veteran who needs
hospital care for a nonservice-
connected disability may get it
from VA, if he swears he is un-
able to secure it at his own ex-
pense and if there is a bed avail
able in a VA hospital.
Heretofore. veterans of the Ko-
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War I or World War II service,
We're entitled to VA hospitaliza-
ton for nonservice- connected dis
ability only if they were receiving
compensation for a service-con-
nected disability or if they had
been discharged from service be-
cause of a service-incurred dis
ability.
AS in the past, all veterans still
may receive hospital care and
medical and dental out-patient
treatment for service-connected
disabilities
Domiciliary care, The new law
makes such veterans eligible to
| enter VA domiciliary homes" if
they are suffering from permanent
disabilities or are incapacitated
from earning a living, and are un-
able to defray expenses of domi-
ciliary care.
Before Public Law % was
passed, a veteran who had no war
time service could get domiciliary
care only if he was discharged for
disability incurred in line of duty
or was in receipt of compensation
for a service connected disability.
Prosthetic appliances. AS in the
past, veterans may be entitled to
prosthetic appliances for a service
connected condition; for a disease
or injury for which disqualification
has been authorized, or as an in
cident of domiciliary care.
Appliances include such items
as artificial limbs and eyes, braces.
crutches, wheelchairs, hearing aids
and the like-as well as repairs
and requirements under certain
conditions.
Disability compensation. The
new law provides for full wartime
disability compensation rates for
all veterans with service-connect-
ed disabilities that occurred on or
after June 27, 1850 whether the
veterans served in Korea or in
any other part of the world in
Guiding the United States.
Previously wartime rates were
i L.
if their disabilities resulted di-
rctly from armed conflict, or while
engaged in extra hazardous serv-
ice including service under con-
ditions Stimulating war.
Wartime compensation rates
range from $15 TO $3.50 a month,
depending on the degree of dis
ability plus additional amounts for
serious disabilities such as blind
ness, amputations and the like.
Peacetime rates are 80 per cent
of wartime rates.
Disability pensions. Public Law
2S provides pensions for veterans
permanently and totally disabled
for reasons not traceable to mill
tary service. Before the law was
passed peacetime veterans We're
not entitled to pensions at all; in
stead, pensions were limited to
those with war service.
Pension rates are $50 a month,
increased to $72 when the veteran
reaches age 65 or after he has
been in continuous receipt for 10
years. A single veteran may not
receive a pension if his annual
income exceeds $1,000; the maxi
mum income if he has wife or
minor children is $2,5O0.
Public Law 16 training Voca-
tional rehabilitation training for
disabled veterans IT, originally a
benefit for World War II veterans
provided under Public Law 16-
was extended late in 1850 to in
clude many veterans disabled on or
after June 27, 1850.
These two qualifications must be
met,
!. The veteran must be in need
of training to overcome the handi-
can of his disability.
>. The disability, compensable at
wartime rates. must have resulted
directly from armed conflict or
during extra hazardous service. All
service i'm the Pacific area, as we'll
as some service in the United
States. meets at least one of these