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Show OltlE LEGION (Copy tot i ll jM Ur-pai i M.ent MuiU'ii' .i by b Arii'-Tlr'ttn I.-k ion News Service.) GENERAL REVIEW OF CASES OF DISABLED Following several conferences wit li Wi.'.son I'.. Miller, el i:i i i ii i : i ii ut ! i -American Legion's Niil loiial Kchnbili tiilion committee which maintains of-fices of-fices In Washington, I). (!., and is in constant touch with the L'nllril State? Veterans' I'-nreiiii. Cell. Frank T. Ilines, director of tlm bureau, tins iimioiineer) Ids llilenllon of Initiating H general review of nil cases of dis ablcd veterans -who have heretofore carried ratings of less III. in 10 iei cent. Tlie review will tie fur I lie purpose pur-pose of granting Increases In rating wherever recent legislation and the terms of the new ruling schedule will, penult such Increases. Chairman Miller has fur the last year heen urging the director to Institute Insti-tute a general review of nil classes of disallowed claim holh those where service connection has not heen established es-tablished mid those where no compensation compen-sation was being paid because less than 10 icr cent ratings were In effect In his announcement. Director Ilines states: "Upon examination Into this mutter I find that the load of disalhuved cases consists of two types; lirst. those wherein a disability has been disclosed which Is clue to service, but less than 30 per cent In degree; and second, cases In which ell her no disease oi Injury Is found, or service connection has not heen established for Hie conditions con-ditions noted. if floes not appear necessary to review both types of cases for the rerson that the application of the m ' Mm Watson E3 Miller. disability raling schedule to. the sec ond class of eases would nnl resull in any action favorable to these claim ants. Cases of the second class where In changi'S of the law with respect to service connection have made possiole favorable reconsideration, have heen carefully reviewed, in many instances more than once, and I. therefore, do not believe that the review should include cases of tjiis type. "Willi respect to ihe cases wherein n service connected disease or Injury has heen fun nil to exist but compensa Hon for the resulting disability has heen disallowed because less than IP per cent in degree, or cases wherein romnonsntinn has been discontinued under the old schedule for the reason that the disability fell to less than j 10 per cent degree, the hurenn w'll ( conduct a review Just ns soon as funds ate available from which to pay the resulting awards. "Pne to the- failure of passage of the deficiency hill at Ihe last session of congress, current expenditures for payment of compensation are being niet from the next year's impropriation impropria-tion for this purpose. I have secured the approval of the comptroller general gen-eral for this use of the funds for current pui-posr-s n:n i oomoi ine; legality, of making expenditures due , lo n review initialed at this parliculai . time. "1 regret exceedingly thi situation, h ":( believe that we can complete out lens, issue Instructions to 'he field i and clear the track so that Ihe delay In Initiating this work will be s"t':e v. hat compensated by the expedition v-:ih which It may later be aecom j ' bed." Complete Instructions were Issued hi May to nil regional ofliees so that the review could he promptly com i.ienced on Jnlv 1. Chairman Miller said It was dil'ieull to give even a rough estimate of the number of claims Involved In Ihe review, re-view, hut that there are many (lion sands of them. The director's decision to Inaugurate the review Is considered by Legion officials as n illlln"t victory In the Inlerest of veleran claimants |