Show A Us siEk vIcE BUREAU EDITORS NOTE this newspaper through special arrangement with the washington bureau of western newspaper union at as 1616 eye ee street N IV IF If Ira ashington hington DC is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and seri serviceman iceman and his lainily family questions may be addre sied to the above bureau and they will be answered in in a subsequent column no replies can he be made direct by mail but only in the column will appear in this newspaper regularly VA receives carload of mall mail dally daily from vets veta A total ot of veterans of world war II 11 are now making premium pay payments ments on natio national nal service life insurance by direct mail to the veterans administration this total does not include premiums paid by deductions from benefit payments y ants A total of letters concerning insurance were received by the VA through february and march covering all categories of 0 questions such as refunds refund conversions re in statements and status ot of accounts and of this number the VA during the 8 weeks answered a total of of these letters because of this tremendous volume ot of mail there were some letters unanswered and because so many thousands of the letters are not accompanied by proper I 1 identification den tf I 1 ca it has been impossible to post accounts currently questions and answers Q I 1 was inducted into the army in 1942 and was discharged 2 months and 12 days later on a disability discharge I 1 have tried to get compensation pensa tion but the VA claims it has bien been delayed because of insufficient records I 1 then filed a claim for such to clear my records in 1939 prior to my induction I 1 had bad internal hemorrhages from both kidneys but I 1 was passed as physically fit in 1911 1941 by army doctors on entering service my kidneys were weakened more by hurting them again for which chich I 1 was discharged now the question is am I 1 entitled to this compensation I 1 signed up on the of january and have been out of work 3 months J D C superior wis A cannot tell from your letter whether you are attempting to get a disability pension or unemployment compensation from the facts given you may be entitled to disability compensation and your only recourse is to apply again or take an appeal As tor for readjustment allowance are you able to work the laws says you must be able to work and available tor for suitable work that you must not have left suitable work voluntarily and without good cause and you must have applied for suitable work suggest you ask the USES office tor for all details Q how old will they take a man in the occupation army A man in service 10 months how can he draw this 20 per week J D corydon ind A enlistment age limits are 17 through 34 it if you are unemployed and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable you can apply tor for unemployment compensation pensa tion at your nearest office ot of U S employment service and you may obtain up to 20 per week for not more than 52 weeks under certain conditions Q I 1 was discharged from ASIP regional hospital ft mcclellan ala november 6 1945 with a disability discharge on account of back trouble and I 1 want to know if I 1 can get late into the merchant marines was only in the army two months and the disability was not from service C V it charlottesville va A suggest your best answer can be obtained by applying to the nearest merchant marines recruiting office and see if 11 they will take you Q I 1 am a veteran of world war I 1 in service six months not overseas just ready to go when armistice was signed could I 1 get hospital service free also do all war veterans get a pension after they are 60 or 65 years old F S peca tonica ill III A you probably are eligible for hospital service tree free it if you are unable to pay for it world war I 1 veterans obtained a bonus there is no pension 0 my son will be in the navy two years in june lie ile Is a storekeeper ao 30 and was overseas 19 months could you tell me when he alu ill be eligible for discharge mrs B K R milton pa A ordinarily he likely would be eligible to apply for discharge by june 30 however he may be held a short time since storekeepers er band and some other classifications rate a higher point score Q my husband has an honorable discharge since december 7 1945 how does the GI bill work we would like to have 2000 now how much interest does it take and how bow do we pay it back we tile are planning to build a home since they are hard bard to rent A good reader union mo A would suggest your husband go to a bank or other lending institution ution on which makes GI loans and they will give him all details and inform him as to his eligibility since in the final analysis the bank must approve theoan the Ioan the loan carries 1 per cent interest |