Evening star., 1952-07-30
By Moi. Thomos N. Mol

or tuberculosis veterans will gel
increases in their compensation
next month.
Congress gave these c0St-of.
living raises and at the same time
made eligible for compensation
"a number of World War II and
Korean vets who hadn't been get
ting payments for certain dis
liabilities.
The raises for those already get
ting compensation will be auto
matte and will show up in checks
received by vets September /.
They'll go to vets who have been
given Statuatory allowances fol
certain specific disabilities re-
ceived while on duty with the
armed forces-in either peace
time or wartime.
Two Kinds Of Payments.
Present legislation provides that
men who have been disabled while
on active duty may receive two
kinds Of compensation:
/. For. interference with ability
to make a living. The Veterans
Administration determines how
much the disability interferes and
gives compensation to the degree
lit figures the disability interferes.
2. For loss. or loss Of use, OF
certain parts Of the body-such as
ARMS, legs. eyes, etc. This is a
flat payment, with the amount de-
pending on what part and how
much Of the body has been dis
|abled. These are in addition to
the compensation paid to a vet
for interference with his ability
to make a living. They are paid
for the life of the vet or until
Congress changes the laws. It's
this kind Of compensation (sta-
tutory allowances) for which Con-
|gress has just okayed increases.
Remember, compensation pay
ments differ from pension pay
ments.
Compensation is paid for dis
abilities received in service.
Pension is paid for disabilities
not received In service.
Five Groups Affected.
The increases in compensation
affect five different groups of
vets. The specific money pay
ments listed below are for vets
in these groups who were dis
abled in wartime, including the
Korean war. The payments to
peacetime vets in these groups
are 80 per cent Of the amount
listed.
Here's how the five types Of
payments are broken down:
/. Monthly statutory allowance
increased from $42 to SAT for loss
or loss Of use of one hand, one
foot, or blindness of one eye.
2. Monthly statutory allowance
increased from $50 to SAT for
loss or loss of use Of provocative
organ.
3. Minimum monthly statutory
allowance increased from $50 to
$67 for service-connected tuber-
culosis which has been arrested.
4. Monthly rate Of compensa-
ton for loss or loss of use Of
both hands, both feet, blindness,
total deafness in combination with
total blindness and various COM
bintaions Of these disabilities in
creased from a range of $240 to
$500 to a range of 1886 to $400.
5. Certain seriously disabled
World War I vets will get larger
monthly checks-inereased from
$198 to 1920 for total blindness,
from $3.50 to 1886 for total blind
ness and the loss of one or more
limbs, from $50 to SGT when reg
ular aid and attendance Of an
other person is needed.
The last two groups receive the
statutory allowance and the pay
ment for loss Of earning capacity
in combination based on a special
VA schedule Of payments.
Two groups Of vets were made
eligible for disability compensa-
tion for the first time.
World War II and Korean vets
now may get compensation pay
ments for loss or loss of use of