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Show I VETERANS - here's your answers who are tounci to do not quau. fied for any service in the Armed Forces either currently current-ly or in time of war or national na-tional emergency declared by the Congress. question my orouior nas been in a VA hospital for some three months. His last pension check was reduced to $30. Why was it reduced? Can it be Increased to the amount he received before going into the hospital? Answer Your brother's pension check i'rom the Veterans Vet-erans Administration was reduced re-duced to $30 a month because of a law limiting pensions to this amount for veterans without with-out dependents after two full calendar months of hospitalization. hospitali-zation. Your brother's full pension will be restored after he is released from the VA hospital. hospi-tal. Question My neighbor's son, an outstanding athlete, has not been inducted. He claims he is not physically qualified. How do you explain this? Answer selective Service local boards determine the availability of registrants for military service while the Armed Forces at the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance En-trance Stations determine their acceptability for military service under the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Question It is my understanding under-standing that there are two i .different classifications given to those who are not acceptable accept-able for service. I know one is IV-F but what is the other one, and what is the difference differ-ence between the two? Answer The two classifications classi-fications you referenced are I-Y and IV-F. Registrants found to be not currently qualified for service but who would be qualified in time of war or national emergency de: clared by Congress are classified classi-fied in Class I-Y. In Class IV-F are placed those registrants |