Show makvich 19 EDITORS NOTE this newspaper through special arrangement with the washington bureau of western newspaper union at 1616 eye street N TV washington D C is able to bring readers this ibis weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family questions may be addressed to the above bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent column no replies can be made direct by mail but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly new disability rating veterans service bureau has received a number of inquiries from v veterans concerning the new disability rating schedule as authorized by congress veterans administration informs us that these new ratings are reviewed automatically and that it is not necessary for veterans to write in concerning their cases while they are pending up to march VA has reviewed cases out of a total of compensation and pension cases subject to review under the new schedule under the law the review will be retroactive to april 1 1946 so veterans need not get impatient as to whether or not their cases will be overlooked the new schedule officially known as the schedule for rating disabilities 1945 edition permits VA to make a more accurate evaluation of veterans disabilities than the preceding schedules did it also provides for new types of combat wounds and tropical diseases encountered by men in the armed services not included under the old schedules the new schedules provide for increased ratings for certain types of disabilities and decreases in other types but does not make any blanket change in ratings although increases far outnumber decreases all veterans drawing compensation for service connected disabilities will have their cases reviewed under the new schedule questions and answers Q before entering the service in 1941 1 I did not have any fillings in my teeth but had several filled while in the service I 1 was discharged in november of 1945 1 I need dental care on the teeth that were filled while in service will that be service connected and will the government pay for it L R S glen allen alien ala A very likely the government will pay tor for it had you gone to veterans administration within a year after your discharge there would have been no question of the service connection since VA regards such conditions up to a year after discharge as presumptive service connected you likely will now have to establish the disability as service connected go to your nearest office of veterans administration and apply for a rating as to the disability and they will determine the case Q can the 20 a week be stopped for refusing a job out of town or in town and can they penalize a veteran four weeks for refus refusing ing the job C J L ellwood city pa A presumably you are referring to readjustment compensation for unemployment yes the 20 a week acan can be stopped if you refuse to take a job which the USES of the state considers suitable for you veterans administration has nothing to do with the 20 until you have been certified as on the rolls for compensation pensa tion from the state organization VA suggests that you take whatever job is offered Q we have a neighbor boy who served iri in the canadian army and later in the british air force A friend told us he would be entitled to benefits of the emens readjustment act can you tell me it if that is true mrs R H pensa cola fla A yes persons who served in the active military or naval service 0 of any government allied with the united states in world war II 11 and were citizens of the U S when entering such service if otherwise qualified are eligible for the benefits of the act and of public law no 16 they must however be united states residents at the time claim is filed and must not be receiving the same or similar benefits from the government in whose active military service they served Q our son is studying foreign relations and world peace and its difficult to find free literature on these subjects do you have any free booklets one can get or a list one could write for mrs E H S hutchinson kas A suggest that you write to the division of public relations state department washington D C pd ask for material concerning these subjects your local library may have what you are looking for current magazines and newspapers also carry numerous articles on these subjects Q I 1 would like to know what art AR colv of goat means on my discharge B S G gum ala A AR refers to a section of army regulations governing many forms and causes for separation from the armed services colv of novt goat means at the convenience veni ence of the government and refers to war department circular of that number which indicates the discharge was given at the convenience of the government because the man did not measure up to required standards |