Show I Of Interest To ToWar ToWar I War II Veterans I Veterans and dependents of deceased veterans who subsequent to Pearl Harbor Har Har- Harbor Harbor bor Day became eligible for pension or compensation benefits but were pre pre- prevented prevented prevented vented from making application due to enemy action may receive retroactive awards under a recently-approved recently law Veterans Administration said today Existing law contains time limits for or applying which govern the effective date of the award For example if the de dependents de- de dependents dependents of a veteran who died from service connected causes file claim within a year the compensation payments are made mado retroactive to the date he died otherwise the effective date is the tho date of application For those persons who were interned or otherwise prevented by an enemy country from making application within the tho time limits prescribed these time Ume limits are waived VA said a good illustration of or how the new law will is the case casa I I of a serviceman who with his wife wile and family was living and serving in the Philippines when the war broke out He was killed In the fighting shortly there there- thereafter thereafter thereafter after and his family were Interned by bythe bythe bythe the Japanese They were liberated In 1945 The Tho dependents applied for and were granted death compensation but due to tho the time limitation payments began with the date of application Under the new law Public Law of the Congress the veterans veteran's dependents now can be paid for the period between the I date he died and the time the payments started In order to qualify for retroactive payments the applicant must have been receiving pension or compensation on August 1 1 1949 and must apply within a year from that date No application form Is required VA said The claimant need only write VA VAn VAa n a letter setting forth the basis of his claim for benefits and giving the dates and place of Internment Veterans who intend to go to school this fall under the GJ GI Bill were ad advised ad- ad advised advised today by Veterans Administration to start making necessary arrangements arrangements' in order to avoid last minute rushes and delays As a first step a veteran should mako make certain his VA certificate of eligibility is la in order It If he was attending school chool this past spring or summer under un un- under un- un under der the GI Bill BUl and continues In the same school and courses this fall his present certificate of eligibility Is valid and sufficient If he intends to con con- continue continue conI In the same school but in a dif dlf- different di- di ferent course he should see his schools school's I registrar to learn whether the Institution institution I tion requires a supplemental certificate of ot eligibility I i A veteran already In school Intending to continue his GI Bill education in ina I a different school should apply as soon as possible possible possible-at at his nearest VA office office- I for a supplemental certificate I Veterans who have no certificate of any kind and those not now In school who hold an an aI unused GI Bill certificate certificate I of eligibility Issued before Sept I 1 1948 should get the new type floats If planning to attend this fall I I If 11 In doubt as to whether a new I certificate will be needed VA advises I that veterans contact their schools school's I registrar or the nearest VA office at I once that speedier service might be beI rendered before enrollment I |