Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5902 - Governor's Office of Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 5902-4 - Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts Compensation Fund › Section 5902-4-12 - Payments of compensation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Payments of compensation will be made
			 from the Persian gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts compensation fund by
			 warrants (checks) drawn upon such fund by order of the director of the
			 department of veterans services. Such warrants will be paid by the state of
			 Ohio when properly endorsed and presented through any bank.
(B) In the case of the compensation awarded
			 on an application made by a living person, the warrant in payment of such
			 compensation shall be made payable to such person regardless of whether he/she
			 is more or less than eighteen (18) years of age; provided, however, that if it
			 shall appear to the satisfaction of the director of the department of veterans
			 services prior to the time the warrant in payment of the compensation awarded
			 shall have been presented to the state of Ohio for payment, that such person is
			 the ward of a legally appointed and acting guardian who was appointed
			 subsequent to the execution of the application, the warrant in payment of such
			 compensation shall be made payable to such guardian.
(C) In the case of compensation awarded on an
			 application made by a legally appointed and acting guardian, the warrant in
			 payment of such compensation will be made payable to such guardian.
(D) Warrants in payment of compensation on
			 all other applications will be made payable to the applicants.
(E) Warrants in payment of compensation must
			 be endorsed personally by persons to whom they are payable, provided, however,
			 where to obtain a personal endorsement would cause extreme hardship, counsel
			 for the department of veterans services may approve an endorsement by an
			 individual holding a proper power of attorney. If the person to whom a warrant
			 is made payable shall die before personally endorsing the warrant, the warrant
			 shall be returned to the department of veterans services and deposited in the
			 Persian gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts compensation fund. If the ward of
			 a legally appointed guardian shall die before the warrant is personally
			 endorsed by the guardian, the warrant shall be returned to the department of
			 veterans services and deposited in the Persian gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq
			 conflicts compensation fund.
(F)
			 Compensation from the Persian gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts
			 compensation fund shall not be payable to an executor or administrator of a
			 deceased person.
(G) In each case
			 where compensation is payable to the children of a deceased veteran, each child
			 shall be entitled to the total amount of compensation awarded by reason of the
			 deceased veteran's service in the armed forces of the United States divided by
			 the number of such children living at the time of the payment of compensation.
			 A warrant will be issued to each such child for the share of such compensation
			 due such child, upon such child's application therefore.
(H) In each case where compensation is
			 payable to the parent of a deceased veteran, each such parent shall be entitled
			 to the total amount of compensation awarded by reason of the deceased veteran's
			 service in the armed forces of the United States divided by the number of such
			 parents living at the time of the payment of compensation. A warrant will be
			 issued to each such parent for the share of such compensation due such child,
			 upon such parent's application therefore.
(I) Compensation for a fraction of a month of
			 service shall be paid on the basis of one-thirtieth of the monthly amount
			 payable for such service for each day of such service.
(J) Warrants from the Persian gulf,
			 Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts compensation fund mailed to applicants for
			 compensation must be understood by the applicants receiving same to be in full
			 settlement of their claims for compensation unless the warrant is accompanied
			 by a communication from the director of the department of veterans services
			 indicating otherwise.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				06/02/2015 and
				06/02/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: None
Rule Amplifies: None
Prior Effective
				Dates: 9/14/2015, 5/17/2015