Evening star., 1960-04-03

Now a veteran who is totally
and permanently disabled from
non-service- connected disa-
bility and who has no depend
entS can draw q pension if his
yearly income is 400 or less,
and a veteran with dependents
is eligible if his income is
50, 700 or less.
He gets a fiat sum with no
regard for number of depend
ents or income with the maxi
mum limitations.
In most instances the veter-
ans under IS can draw S66.l5
a month and most veterans IS
or older can collect $78.75 a
month as long as their income
Is within the limits.
Under the new system, the
income limitations are raised
to 1900 for the qualified vet
eran or $4,000 if he has de-
pendents.
The amount of mis- check will
depend on how many depend
entS, if any, he has, as we'll as
the amount of his income with
in the limits.
A veteran with no depend
ents and income of not over
5000 a year will receive $85 a
month; with income from $500
to $1,000 his pension will be
$40 a month; and with income
from $1,000 to $1,000 it will be
$40.
More Details Given
The veteran with dependents
and income of not over $1,000
will draw 500 a month if there
is one dependent; sos if there
are two, and 500 if there are
| three.
For the qualified veteran
with income from 81, 900 to not
over $4,000. the pension will be
SIS a month regardless of the
number of dependents With
income from $4,000 to $4,000
the pension will be $45 a month
regardless of dependents.
The situation as to widows
and children:
Now a qualified widow gets
$50.40 a month if her income
is not over 81 400 a year. A wild
ow with one child eligible for
benefits gets $63 a month if
income is not over $2,700. For
each additional eligible child
there is an additional benefit of
$7.56.
For children where no widow
is being paid a benefit, the pay
ment is $27.30 a month for a
child with income of not over
$1,400; $40.95 for two children;
$54.60 a month for three chill
dren, and an additional $7.56
for each additional child, with
the total amount being divided
equally among the children.
Under the new law. the wild
ow with no dependents will re-
ceive $50 month if her income
is not over $500 a year; S45 a
month with income from $500
to not over $1,000; and $25 a
month with income from 1900
to not over $1,000.
Changes In Income
I A widow with one eligible
child will get SIS a month if
income is not over $1,000; $50
with income from 81 900 to not
over $4,000; and $40 with in
come from $4,000 to not over
$4,000. Where there are more
than one eligible child, there
will be SIS additional monthly
for each.
Children, in order to be ELI
gible when no widow is being
paid, will have to have indi-
vidual income of less than
81 800 each, excluding earned
income. The benefit will be $35
a month for one child and SIS
a month for each additional
child. with the total being di-
vided equally among the chill
dren when there are more
than one.
The new law also makes
some changes regarding what
is figured as income.
For the first time, if a vet
eran'S wife has a separate
income, generally all of this
over $1,000 will be counted as
the veterans income.
The present requirement that
public assistance benefits count
as income is eliminated and
all charitable contributions
from public and private sources
are exempted.
Under present law the
amount of assets a veteran
widow or child has does not
affect the right to a pension
But under the new law a per-
son with a large estate will
not be eligible for a pension
until some of the estate has
been used UP for living
expenses.