Show 1121 sEik vicE BUREAU EDITORs NOTE this newspaper through special arrangement thi the washington bureau of western newspaper union a at 1616 eye street N W washington D C it is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and sort iceman and his family questions may lit he addressed to the above bureau and they will aill be answered ina in a subsequent column no replies can he be made direct by mail hut but only in in the column which aill appear its in this newspaper regularly veterans dental care dental service provided for veterans with service connected disabilities by veterans administration amounted to approximately 1950 as of november 30 and ol of this amount was paid to participating dentists on a tee fee basis applications for treatments increased to at the end of november home town dental care for these veterans with service connected disabilities now Is available in all the 48 states according to VA and the fee schedule tor for participating dentists was set by VA in cooperation with american dental association each state contract was negotiated separately by the state dental society and the VA branch offices having jurisdiction over that state and participating dentists are nominated by the state society and approved by VA branch offices 0 0 As of december 4 there were veterans in VA hospitals veterans have applied for GI loans amounting to almost approximately national service life insurance policies w were ere in force as of november 30 and their total insurance value was approximately questions and answers Q can a world war I 1 widow get a pension for an adopted baby this is a grandchild of the world war I 1 veteran lie he has been dead 18 months and his widow adopted their grandchild and can she get a pension for it ft too widow dalton ga A it if the child Is legally adopted such children come under the same status as other dependent children and if the child is a minor he should be eligible for pension Q my sou soia was drafted in the army january 25 1911 1941 lie he took out an 1875 war bond each month and bad them made out to me I 1 received them regularly up until december 1945 and received one since the boy is still in japan I 1 would like to know what to do about it mother livingston ky A if the money is still being deducted from his pay for the purchase of the bonds you should continue to receive them since you are not write to the central field fiscal offices U S army chief of finance goodfellow blvd st louis 2 mo giving your sons fun full name serial number and where if you know he authorized the money to be deducted from his pay Q I 1 was discharged from the WAVES on october 17 1945 1 I had quite luite a lot of dental work done dur february and march of 1946 now I 1 have been told by an ex soldier that the government paid for his dental work because he had it done before he was discharged my question is whether I 1 am eligible for this I 1 have been discharged for over a year but the work was done and the bill paid by myself just a rew few months after I 1 was discharged the rhe dental work was necessary and urgent as the x rays will testify sirs K R E n H II melstone elstone mont A veterans with service connect ed disabilities are eligible for or free dental work from veterans administration both the army and navy provided dental care and treatment for or members of the armed forces however if i you obtained your dental work after your discharge I 1 do not believe you am ar eligible for or reimbursement by the government it if you have no service connected disability Q I 1 have a husband in bl manila anila and he said he would give me a divorce when I 1 sent him the papers he be refused to sign them and he be supported me since can I 1 get a divorce without sending him the he papers II 11 D K adolphus ky A you should consult an attorney Q I 1 want to know if my husband can get a divorce while in the army and where can I 1 get this information or the papers concerning this mrs J L U st louis mo A your husband has the same legal rights in the army as he has as a civilian should such a case be filed you will be notified in the manner prescribed by the law Q I 1 am writing in regard to my terminal leave pay I 1 filed my application loli cation in or around august 1946 and as yet I 1 have not received a notice or check or my discharge papers can you tell me if it has been sent to me I 1 am a veteran of world war 11 II and served 2 years and 18 days R B rochester N Y A generally speaking terminal leave checks or bonds are mailed about 60 days after application in your case suggest you write to th same office to which you sent your application and ask the reason for the delay may be a normal one |