| Show GENERAL REVIEW OF CASES OF DISABLED Following several se erol conferences with 11 II U Miller of or tl tI e American Lesion Leblon s 8 National committee which maintains or of flees In A ton D C U and Is inconstant In Incon Inconstant constant con touch tonch with lIh the United States States Bureau Gen Jell I rank T THInes director of the bureau has hns announced his Intention of ot Initiating a general review of or ull 1111 ca cases es of ot die n bled veterans who ho have base e I carried ratings rating of ot le less than 10 per percent peri cent cent The re review lew will be for the pur purpose pose pOe of granting Increases In to rutin rating I where er recent 1 legislation and l e terms of ot the new rating schedule will I permit such Increases I Chairman Miller hiller lies has for the Insl Iasi year be been n urging the director to Institute I tute a general review of ot all classes I ot of disallowed claims both those where service connection has not been es es- established established I and those where here no compe MUon cation was t r lid hid because e Ip less s than 10 per cent ratings were In effect In his announcement Director states Upon Upon Into this mutter matter matterI I find and that the load of disallowed cases consists of ot t two 0 t I es first those wherein a lies lias been disclosed which Is due to service but less than 10 per cent In degree and second cases In which either cither no disease or Injury Is found or service connection has hns not been established for tor the con noted It does not oppe necessary to review both types of cases for tor the reeson son that the application of ot thet thea the v a t t J JY Ji Y J i Watson B Miller fUller disability rating schedule to the lie sec see second second ond and class of ot ca cases es would not result In any action favorable f tI to these claIm claImant claimants claimants ant ants Cases Caces Ca es of ot the second class where whereIn wherein whereIn In changes of ot the law v with respect to toI I servIle service connection have made pos possible favorable reconsideration have hale been carefully re rele reviewed le leed ed In many instances Instance more than once and I therefore do donot do donot donot not believe that the review re should Include cases of ot this tills type I Ith respect to the cases whereIn a sen service Ice connected disease or Injury has hns been found to exist but n tinn for tor the resulting dl disability has been disallowed because less than 10 per cent In de degree re or case cases w hereIn has hns been tin nn ler ter the old aid schedule for tor the reason that the disability fell tell to les less than 10 per cent d degree rec the bureau will c induct n re review lew just ns no soon coon oon as funds rP are n from which to pay the resulting n nards awards ards Due to tl tI e c failure allure of or passage of tit d t 1111 Ill nt at the last oe session slon ot of con rC congress current ures for PO of ot compensation ore are being met from the next nett year years s lion n for tor tills this purpose I r have secured tho approval of ot the comptroller genera gen erol cral for tor tills this uc use of tl tI e a fun tun Is h for far purposes but I doubt douht the legality of ot making expenditures due du dut dueI I to tn t n a review initiated nt at this particular W ie WI I regret rrt this but believe that thaI we e can complete our nor plans Issue III Instructions to th the field and clear the he track so EO that the d delay delavIn In this work will he be some Mme somewhat what what hat compensated d hv by h the with which It may Inter hater he be 1 Complete In Instructions wore were pre Issued 1 In Iov to till oil regional rp offices office so 10 the review cool 1 l be he e promptly corn com monde I 1 on illy 1 Miller said old It was to Iv give oven n a n rOIl h of the th nun her of ins Involved In the re clew hut hit tint thorp there are thou n sun nn Is 11 nf of Pin tl r pin The Th cUrl I a to inaugurate th the review re Is Iq considered h bv by r i p I officials ne n 0 n 0 victors In the Interest t of nf veteran claimants I |
