n of veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World also number of deceased veterans cases that were on rolls and expenditures for ars (Jan. 31, 5). Effective July 1, 1960. sideration as income indemnity compen- All waived income counts. Eliminates exclusion from income of annuities paid by Wars I and II, and Korean conflict, including rates, certain elements of entitlethese benefits during each fiscal year, and cumulative to date. Korean conflict-Continued Act of Aug. 29, 1959 (73 Stat. 432)-Continued Interval Rate for widow or Rate for child (no widow) 1 The act of Aug. 14, 1958 (72 Stat. 611), amended the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 to define the term "widow" to include the widower of any female veteran if he is incapable of self-maintenance and was permanently incapable of self support due to physical or mental disability at the time of the veteran's death. The act of Sept. 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1105), repealed and enacted this provision into positive law as 38 U.S.C. 102 (b), effective Jan. 1, 1959. 2 Sec. 18 of the act of Mar. 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 12), reduced, by 10 percent, the amount of pension payable to the dependents of veterans of wars prior to the Spanish-American War, during the period July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1934. Pursuant to sec. 21 (c) of the act of Mar. 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 521), the rates were reduced by 5 percent, effective July 1, 1934. This reduction was discontinued, effective Apr. 1, 1935, by the provisions of sec. 2 of the act of Feb. 13, 1935 (49 Stat. 24). The dependents of veterans of the Spanish-American War, who were entitled to pension under both the service pension laws and par. III, pt. III, Veterans Regulation No. 1 (a), as amended (prior to the repeal of par. III by the act of Aug. 4, 1951), were paid the greater benefit, unless the claimant otherwise elected. 4 Originally, veteran must have had service-connected disability at time of death, to permit payment of compensation for non-service-connected death. Act of June 28, 1934, required service-connected disability, 30 percent or more, directly incurred or aggravated by service. Act of June 29, 1936, required service-connected disability, 30 percent or more, presumptively or directly incurred or aggravated by service. Act of Aug. 16, 1937, required service-connected disability, 20 percent or more, presumptively or directly incurred or aggravated by service. Act of May 13, 1938, required service-connected disability, 10 percent or more, presumptively or directly incurred or aggravated by service. Act of July 19, 1939 (53 Stat. 1067), required service-connected disability, directly or presumptively incurred or aggravated by service for which compensation would be payable if 10 percent or more in degree. All of the foregoing acts required service of 90 days or more and an honorable discharge, or if less than 90 days' service, discharge for disability incurred in service in line of duty. Act of July 19, 1939 (53 Stat. 1067), grants death pension in cases where service connection for paralysis, paresis, blindness, or helplessness is or would have been reestablished under other provisions of the act. Act of June 22, 1944, substitutes requirement of discharge under conditions other than dishonorable for requirement of honorable discharge. Act of Dec. 14, 1944, removes requirement as to service-connected disability where there was service of 90 days, or less than 90 days if discharged for disability. of veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World lso number of deceased veterans cases that were on rolls and expenditures for ermit the payment of pension for non-service-connected death, act of Dec. 14, 1944, required that at eath veteran must have been receiving, or entitled to receive, pension, compensation, or retirement lisability incurred in service or, having served 90 days or more during the stated periods and disunder conditions other than dishonorable (or less than 90 days, discharged for disability incurred in ity), had at time of death a disability due to service for which compensation would be payable if 10 or more in degree. Sec. 4 of the act of Aug. 29, 1959, removes requirement of service-connected dist death. act of May 11, 1951, authorized, for the dependents of persons who serve on or after June 27, 1950, and such date as shall thereafter be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of gress, the same death pension as is provided for the dependents of World War II veterans. act of Apr. 25, 1957 (71 Stat. 25), effective June 1, 1957, prohibited payment of pension to any person prisoned in penal institution as result of conviction of felony or misdemeanor, the suspension of t to begin on 61st day of imprisonment. Sec. 2 authorized payment to designated dependents the otherwise payable to person imprisoned. Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 83, et seq.), effective Jan. 1, 1958, repealed existing laws to pension benefits and restated them. Where substantive changes relating to the subject of a colre effected, they are indicated, parenthetically, in the appropriate column. act of Aug. 28, 1957 (71 Stat. 485-486), provided that in the consideration of any claim for gratuitous enefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, if it is established, by evidence ory to the Administrator, that a woman, without knowledge of any legal impediment, entered into age with a veteran which, but for a legal impediment, would have been valid, and thereafter cowith him for 5 or more years immediately before his death, the purported marriage shallf be deemed marriage, but only if no claim has been filed by a legal widow of such veteran, who is found to be eno such benefits. -Act of July 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 524), provided that Veterans' Administration monetary benefits, other tirement pay, for service-connected disability or death shall be designated "compensation" and not n". Sec. 101 (16) of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 90) and title 38 U.S.C. 101 (15), depension" as a monthly payment by the Veterans' Administration to a veteran because of service, age, service-connected disability, or to a widow or child of a veteran because of the non-service-connected of the veteran. TABLE No. 10 Summary of the Present Pension Structure Applicable to Veterans for the following Periods of Service *If veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance, the monthly rate shall be increased by $70 or $840 annually. LE No. 11.-Summary of prior pension rates and current pension rates applible to survivors of deceased veterans, World War I, World War II, and Korean nflict Widow alone. idow with 1 child. child alone.. children alone.. children alone.. prior to the enactment of Public Law 356, 82d Cong., and Public Law 83d Cong.: upplementary amount for each additional child. upplementary amount for each additional child. s prior to the enactment of Public Law 86-211: Widow alone.. |