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Show 10,882 Draw Disability Pay j A total of 10,882 Utah veterans veter-ans were drawing pensions or compensation for disabilities at the end of June, according to J. H. Abies, adjudication officer for the Utah regional office of the veterans' administration. This figure includes veterans from all wars, and marks an increase in-crease of 337 cases during the month of June. Mr. Abies again reminded Utah veterans that they should file claims now on any and all service connected disabilities, however minor. "A majority of these claims are filed at separation separa-tion centers while the men are beine discharged." Mr. Abies ex- plained, "but our VA representatives represen-tatives in the field have uncovered uncov-ered many cases where veterans entitled to draw pensions have returned to civilian life without getting their disabilities on file , with the veterans' administration." administra-tion." Pointing out that thousands of World War I claims filed re-i re-i cently have had to be disallow-1 disallow-1 ed because medical records have been 'destroyed or lost through the years, Mr. Abies advises veterans vet-erans of this war not to make the same mistake. |
