The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-11
The Veterans
Corner

lOIQet
Here are authoritative answers
from the Veterans Administration
to questions Of interest 70 for
mer servicemen:
Q. / saw Z house would Ike to
buy with 4 CT loan. The seller
wants to charge me 500 more than
the reasonable value which has
been determined By VA. b II Al
right II I pay him the extra 800.
A. No. Under the law, the pur-
chase price may not exceed the
reasonable value determined by
VA. Any side payment made to
evade this requirement Of the law
lis illegal.
Q. / am now training under the
CT Bill. and ! just learned that ]
might possibly be recalled to ac-
tive duty sometime in the fall. I
plan to take my regular summer
vacation. Should ] continue with
my CT course this fall. even though
! may have to interrupt It to re-
turn to military duty7 Or may ]
stay out Of school and wait for my
orders?
a.. There are many uncertainties
in situation like yours. You can
mot be sure Of your return to SER
vice until you actually receive or
ders and are found physically quail
flied. So you should not interrupt
your training merely On the pro-
liability that you may b recalled.
Such an interruption would not be
considered beyond your control;
however, receipt Of orders requir-
ing you to report for active duty
would be considered beyond your
control, and would enable you to
50 ahead with your training after
you are discharged.
Q. am drawing compensation
for . service-connected disability.
Now that the rates have gone up,
win / have to re-apply in order to
set higher monthly payments?
"A. No. You viii receive The in
creased payments automatically.
They become effective July !, and
viii be reflected ii the check you
receive at the end Of that month.
@: i am . World War ] vet
eran drawing Civil Service re-
tirement pay. Must ! include this
money in figuring out whether
my total yearly income is below
the ceiling for getting q pension
for 4 total non-service-connected
disability?
A. Civil Service retirement
payments count Is income only
until you have received the full
amount you have contributed
under the program. After that,
the retirement payments are not
considered, in computing income
for pension purposes.
@. Are there any cases In which
q CT loan guarantee can be re-
stored to 4 veterans creditg
A. Yes, under the following
conditions: II the property Is de-
stroyed by fire or other natural
hazard; II Il has been taken over
for public use by The Federal or
local government, or II Il must
be disposed Of because Of other
compelling reasons such IS
change Of employment or illness.
not the fault Of the veteran. VA,
however. must b free from lia-
bility on the original loan.
@. I've been training under the
CT Bill. and ! had to interrupt
my training 10 enter 4 hospital. ]
expect TO be hospitalixed for .
long time. Is there any limit on
the length Of such an interruption.
which Is beyond my control. UNI
der VAS post-cut-off-date regu-
lations,
IA. No. There h no limit on the
length Of an interruption beyond
your control You viii Be per-
mitted 10 resume training within
q reasonable time after you leave
the hospital.
@. I am on sctive duty, and /
am covered BY . $4,000 indem-
nifty. May ! name anyone - my
beneficiaryg
"A. No. Under the law. you may
name only those persons within
the folIowing eategories: spouse.
child or children. parent or par.
entx or hrcthers or sisters. or any
combination Of these.
(VetcranS living In Monroe
County who wish further infer
nation about their benefits
should contact the VA Offsce d
Room 1is. Federal Bldg, Key
West, FAD