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Show rate of $100 a month authorized by a recent law? J.H.O'N., Joplin, Mo. A. No. Blinded veterans are not required to show need for aid in getting about in connection with the recent pension increase. Merely make your application without any qualifying statements. Q. I am attending school under un-der the Gl bill and have about two more years of entitlement remaining. re-maining. Will I be allowed to take the summer vacation off and resume re-sume next fall, or must I stay in training all year 'round so as not to lose out under VA's post cut-off date regulations? T.T.R., Billings, Mont. A. If it is the practice at your school to have a summer vacation for all students that want it, you may take that vacation and resume (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Shead, Armed Services Serv-ices Question Box, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4, D.C. Answers will be given in this column.) PAYMENTS to veterans for bene- fits administered by the Veterans Veter-ans Administration, are tax-free and need not be considered In computing federal income tax according to a ruling by VA. Among these tax exempt payments are: Subsistence allowances in schools, on farms and Dn-the-job training under the GI bill and Public Law 16; payments to be applied to veterans GI loans; disability dis-ability compensations and pensions paid for both service-connected and ion service-connected disabilities; 'rants for seriously disabled veterans veter-ans for homes designed for wheel-:hair wheel-:hair living; World War I emer- your studies in the fall. The regulations regula-tions require you to remain in continuous con-tinuous training except for interruptions, interrup-tions, such as the summer vacation, that would apply to all students veterans and non-veterans alikt;. Q. Is it true that veterans taking tak-ing on-the-farm training under ihe GI bill must file a report of their earnings? A.S.P., Dalton, Georgia. A. Yes. Actually reports of earnings earn-ings for 1951 should have been filed with VA not later than March 1, 1952 by all veterans taking GI bill institutional in-stitutional training on farms. Failure Fail-ure to submit such a report may result re-sult in discontinuance of GI subsistence subsist-ence payments until such time as reports reach VA. This year, in addition, addi-tion, farm trainee? must send in a second report a certification as to the period of time they may have been engaged in employment outside out-side the farming activity. gency officers retirement pay and death benefits to families of deceased de-ceased veterans including compensation, compen-sation, pension and all GI insurance payments. Q. I am in the process of buying buy-ing a house under a Gl home loan. However, I have lost my original discharge papers which I'm supposed to present to the lender. What should I do? A.G.H., Hardin, Kentucky. A. You should apply for a certificate cer-tificate in lieu of your discharge papers pa-pers from the branch of service from which you were discharged. Q. 1 am a World War II veteran, vet-eran, entitled to a pension because I lost my sight. Do I have to show actual need for the aid and attendance at-tendance of another person in order to qualify for the increased |