Show BUREAU EDITORS NOTE this newspaper through special arrangement with the washington mashington bureau of western Tr estern newspaper union at 1616 eye street N IT washington ashington Ir D C is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his hil family am questions may be addressed to the above bureau and they will be answered in a 0 subsequent column no replies cars can bem be made ade direct by mail but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly factors that determine veterans pension rate where veterans of world war II 11 have a disability incurred in or aggravated grava ted by service in the armed forces there is no set disability pension he may receive the a mount amount being determined by the degree of disability upon examination by the veterans administration the rates of pension range from 1150 per month for a disability of a degree of 10 per cent to a m month anth tor for total disability and where certain specific disabilities occur such as loss of hands or legs or blindness or combinations of disabilities the amount payable may be as high as per month these rates are determined as near as possible upon the average impairment of earning capacity it must be remembered and particularly in cases of world war I 1 veterans where application is made for disability pension not service connected that these pensions are not payable if the disability is the result odthe of the veterans own willful misconduct or vicious habits habets also where total disability is not service connected pension is not payable to the veteran where the annual income is 1000 if unmarried or if it exceeds 2500 if he is married many times the experience shows according to the veterans adamini administration world war I 1 veterans applying for pensions years after world war I 1 tor for non service connected disability are turned down because the veterans aan administration decides the disability is due to the willful misconduct or vicious habits of the veterans questions and answers Q my bly son has been in the army for 23 29 months and spent 16 months in england france belgium and Is now in germany lie he Is with the 2242 quartermaster truck company does docs the war department have any word when this company will be shipped home mrs 11 II N N D A As of february 15 this outfit was in ausbach alsbach Au germany and the war department has no word on when it will be returned to this country Q my son who Is in m japan made out his insurance papers to me before he went overseas I 1 have been married since that time do I 1 have to have my name changed on the policy mrs airs J W fort bragg calif ath veterans administration says it would not make much difference but would probably save some time in the event the insurance became payable the veteran must make application to his commanding officer to change the name of the beneficiary Q Is a widow of a world war I 1 veteran who is elderly and in poor health eligible for a pension if she has an income of 0 a month mrs W mc bic arlington mass blass A if death was service connect ed yes she is entitled to a pension it if not service connected she is not entitled entitle a if her income is 1000 or more annually if she has no children I 1 would ask your nearest veterans administration office however because the law says that certain items are not considered income and determination as to whether the claimants income exceeds the respective amount is made by the veterans administration Q my aly son was given an honorable discharge in may 1915 1 I wish to know if he should draw a pension as he was wounded in bel glum lie ile was with pattons Pat tons 3rd ard army ile he Is a member of the american legion at fayette Fayet tc ala post no but as yet has not even been examined for a pension no one knows about the nervous disposition he has except his parents mrs airs E BI fayette ala A from your letter I 1 would say your son most certainly Is entitled to a disability rating but he must apply to the veterans administration tor for an examination tor for determination mi nation of the amount apply immediately to your nearest office of the veterans administration tor for this examination Q my bly boy died in the army in france I 1 want to know how I 1 can get the large flag bag they put over the casket to bury them I 1 know of game some mothers who have received them I 1 would thank you if you can tell me brokenhearted broken hearted mother brownsville Browns ville tenn A relatives or next of kin of deceased veterans who died in i service may receive a united states flag by application to the postmaster at any county seat post office application may be made on veterans administration form 2008 available at local office |