Show Veterans Mail Call II GEORGE L L. CAREY National Officer Disabled td American Veterans Q 0 Until recently I was drawIng drawIng draw draw- Ing ten per cent disability compensation compensation compensation com com- for a gun shot wound Incurred in action in tn the Pl Phillipines Phil Phil- l- l during World War II n. Now although it is still causing caus cause ing me considerable pain and discomfort my compensation has been cut off ort What can canI I do to have bave it restored A. A Jo to your doctor and have him co conduct duct another ex ex- Send his findings to your service officer or to the VA itself to rebut the first doctors doctor's conclusions ons Q a. I am the w widow dow of a veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran of the first world war for myself and a teenage son He lie is now no 18 and my additional I have been drawing a pension allowance for him has been been stopped Since he is still in school I understand he Is still sUIl eligible for or pension r. r Is this correct A A. A Yes Upon certification bythe bythe by bythe the head of the school that the boy is pursuing an on course of education he is eligIble eligible eligible elig elig- ible for benefits until he completes completes com com- his schooling but not later than his birthday Q a. The other evening I was discussing GI insurance with a friend who has a boy going into the Army soon I told him I 1 thought no GI Gl insurance was now being sold to fellows entering en service Is tha that right A A. A That is correct No new GI insurance policies have been sold to servicemen since April 25 1951 However if a man entering service today should have a service connected disability disability dis dis- dis ability at the time of his discharge discharge dis dis- dis charge or when released from active duty he may apply for fora a special type of GI Gl insurance for tor the service Q a. Im I'm a Id War n II veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran who has been c carrying a GI term tenn insurance policy pol icy for a w long time now rd Td like to convert to a permanent plan but 1 cant can't afford to convert con vert the whole at once Can I put 2000 of my term Into a permanent plan now and convert the rest later A A. A Yes Yes It will be all aU right for tor you to start the conversion conver conver- ion sion of your term tenn insurance with a II 2000 installment The law says th that t the Initial amount converted must be at least 1 1000 1 After Arter that conversion of the remainder must be made in even multiples of Veterans or their dependents who have questions they wish PiS rt n T-iJ T n n this 19 column may mar address their problems to Mr Geo George e L. L Carey National Se Ser Service Service vice Officer Disabled American Amer mer lean ican Veterans 1750 South Redwood Red Red- wood Road Hoad Salt Lake City Utah Jf U you jou oU desire a personal person person- al confidential reply enclose a stamped self addressed eo envoi envoi- lope l ope and Mr Carey will handle your problems Individually |