Show I I Vets Administration Service I Information S Service Editors Editor's Note This is the first ofa of ofa a series of three articles on the new law Increasing compensation and pension for veterans and their dependents dependents de de- de- de recently signed by the I President More than veterans and de dependents dependents dependents de- de of deceased veterans will re receive receive re- re Increases In compensation and pension payments under a bill recently signed by the President The Increases become effective July 1 and will be Included in checks which will be mailed at the end of ot the month the Veterans Administration announced The President also signed a companion bill Increasing the amount of or Income a I person person may have and still be eligible for pension payments in service non I I nested disability and death cases Under the old limits and otherwise I I eligible veteran or widow having an income income In- In j i come in excess of 1000 annually without with with- out out dependents or 2500 with dependents dependents depend depend- I could not qualify for tor pension These limits have been raised to depend I 1400 I and 2700 respectively I VA said all applicants for pensions I f whose claims were denied under the old Income limitations and who believe they may qualify und under r the new limitations will have to file new claims for reconsideration reconsideration recon recon- on or after the effective date I lOt of July 1 1952 No review of such rejected claims will be made I The Congress in passing these two law lawn estimated they will add to compensation and pension payments payments pay pay- ments during fiscal year 1953 which j begins July 1 I 1952 1052 I I VA explained that compensation Is I payable for service-connected service disabilities disabilities ties whereas pension Is payable for permanent perI permanent per per- I manent and total disability resulting from connected conditions I Under the new law all monthly rates of compensation paid veterans s for ser ser- vice connected disabilities les rated from 10 to 49 per cent are Increased by 5 per percent percent I cent while those rated from 50 to per cent are increased by 15 per cent A tabulation of ot the ol old and new monthly compensation rates rates for veterans veterans veterans veter veter- ans with service d during wartime or since June 27 1950 follows Disability Old New 10 0 8 1500 1575 I 20 30 40 50 60 70 00 80 90 s 1500 The new rates jwill will a affect fe t the the nearly wartime and post-Korea post vetI veterans veterans vet vet- er erans ns who were receiving compensation compe i payments on March 31 1952 1953 Compensation rates for veterans with pe peacetime s service are 80 per cent of the war time rates N Nearly arly veterans drawing compensation under peacetime rat rates s receive hi Increases under the new schedule Statutory allowances p pro provided r o v i Ide d e d for specific disabilities s such ch as loss of legs arms eyes etc are not affected by the new law Next week Dea Death h compensation for tor depend dependents of deceased veterans and pensions for living veterans |