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1955-01-31 Summary of Benefits for Veterans with Service and their Dependents Page 4

Available Loan Guaranty Entitlement," with required supporting documents, should be sent to VA to secure a Certificate of Eligibility. Accurate determinations of eligibility can be made only by VA. No veteran or servicemen should obligate himself for the purchase of a home or farm solely on the basis of this summary. Before undertaking any such obligation, he should ask VA to determine his eligibility. The original or a legible copy of the veteran's discharge certificate or DD Form 214 must accompany the application. 

SPECIAL ADAPTED HOUSING. Certain disabled veterans of wartime or peacetime service may be entitled under certain conditions to a grant from VA for a "wheelchair" home specifically adapted to their needs. The veterans must have a service connected disability due to war or peacetime service after April 20, 1898, entitling them to compensation for permanent and total disability due to:
1. The loss or loss of use of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair; or
2. Disability which includes blindness in both eyes, having only light perception, plus loss or loss of use of one lower extremity. 
Eligible veterans may receive a VA grant of not more than 50 percent of the cost of their homes up to a maximum of $10,000. This grant may be used to pay part of the cost of building or buying such homes, or to remodel existing dwellings for their requirements. the grant also may be used to pay off the indebtedness of such homes already acquired by eligible veterans. 

OTHER BENEFITS

COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY. The VA pays compensation to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active service in line of duty. Payments are based on the degree of disability and how much it handicaps you in earning a living. The monthly amounts for disabilities incurred during wartime service run from $23 to as high as $1,000, plus additional dependency allowance for service connected disability evaluated by VA as 50 percent or more disabling. 
Veterans who develop a chronic or tropical disease to a degree of 10 percent or more disability within 1 year of release or separation from service after January 31, 1955, may be presumed to be service connected for disability compensation. In the case of active tuberculosis or Hansen's Disease (leprosy), the law provides a 3 year presumptive period and in the case of multiple sclerosis, a 7 year presumptive period. 

NON SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY PENSION
Veterans of the Viet-Nam Era with 90 or more days' service or separated from such service for a service connected disability, who becomes permanently and totally disabled from reasons not traceable to service, may be eligible for VA's non service connected disability pension. Payments vary between $29 and $230 monthly dependent upon such factors as income, number of dependents, requirement for the regular aid and attendance of another person and periods during which some veterans receive care in a VA facility. Pension will not be paid veterans having sizable estates or having available other income, with certain exceptions, in excess of $2,000 per year for the veterans without dependents and $3,200 for one with dependents. 

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CARE. The VA gives you hospital or outpatient care when needed for all service connected medical or compensable dental conditions. The treatment will be given at one of the many VA hospitals or clinics, or the VA may pay for outpatient care by a hometown doctor or dentist. Generally, the VA cannot authorize payment for services of hometown doctors or dentists not approved in advance. 
Public Law 89-358 extends to veterans whose sole service was after January 31, 1955, hospital care from the VA on a bed available basis for treatment of their non service connected conditions, provided such veterans state under oath their inability to defray the costs of such care. This law does not extend hospital care to a person whose entire period of service was in an active duty for training status, unless he was disabled from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty. Such disabled veterans are eligible for medical services on the same basis as other veterans with service incurred diseases or disabilities. 
Any Viet-Nam Era veteran who develops an active psychosis within 2 years after separation from active service and before the expiration of 2 years from the date determined to end the war period, shall for the purpose of securing VA medical services be deemed to have incurred the psychosis in the active service. 
Viet-Nam Era veterans receiving additional service connected disability compensation or allowance, or increased non service connected disability pension based on their need of regular aid and attendance may be furnished drugs and medicines ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician as specific therapy in treatment of an illness or injury suffered by the veteran. Such drugs and medicines will be provided by VA pharmacies on the basis of the prescription furnished. 
Dental services on a one time completion basis may be furnished veterans with service connected but non compensable dental conditions which existed at time of separation from active service provided application is made within 1 year after separation, except the 1 year is extended in certain cases of correction of a disqualifying separation. 

AUTOMOBILES OR OTHER CONVEYANCES. Veterans with service connected loss, or permanent loss of use, of one or both hands or feet, or permanent impairment of vision of both eyes to a certain prescribed degree as a direct result of performing military duty, may receive a grant from VA of an amount not to exceed $1,600 toward the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance, including special appliances. The grant is paid direct to the seller after the purchase is authorized by the VA and the automobile or conveyance has been accepted by the veteran or his representative. 

SERVICE DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE. Veterans separated from service on or after April 25, 1951, with a service connected disability may apply to the VA for special nonparticipating National Service Life Insurance. Effective August 14, 1968, any person acting on behalf of an incompetent veteran may apply for the insurance if it is reasonably certain that the veteran will qualify for waiver of premiums. The veteran must be in good health except for the service connected disability Applications must be made within 1 year from the date VA finds that a disability s service connected. Effective January 1, 1959, if the veteran is shown to have been mentally incompetent

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Available Loan Guaranty Entitlement," with required supporting documents, should be sent to VA to secure a Certificate of Eligibility. Accurate determinations of eligibility can be made only by VA. No veteran or servicemen should obligate himself for the purchase of a home or farm solely on the basis of this summary. Before undertaking any such obligation, he should ask VA to determine his eligibility. The original or a legible copy of the veteran's discharge certificate or DD Form 214 must accompany the application. SPECIAL ADAPTED HOUSING. Certain disabled veterans of wartime or peacetime service may be entitled under certain conditions to a grant from VA for a "wheelchair" home specifically adapted to their needs. The veterans must have a service connected disability due to war or peacetime service after April 20, 1898, entitling them to compensation for permanent and total disability due to: 1. The loss or loss of use of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair; or 2. Disability which includes blindness in both eyes, having only light perception, plus loss or loss of use of one lower extremity. Eligible veterans may receive a VA grant of not more than 50 percent of the cost of their homes up to a maximum of $10,000. This grant may be used to pay part of the cost of building or buying such homes, or to remodel existing dwellings for their requirements. the grant also may be used to pay off the indebtedness of such homes already acquired by eligible veterans. OTHER BENEFITS COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY. The VA pays compensation to veterans who are disabled by injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active service in line of duty. Payments are based on the degree of disability and how much it handicaps you in earning a living. The monthly amounts for disabilities incurred during wartime service run from $23 to as high as $1,000, plus additional dependency allowance for service connected disability evaluated by VA as 50 percent or more disabling. Veterans who develop a chronic or tropical disease to a degree of 10 percent or more disability within 1 year of release or separation from service after January 31, 1955, may be presumed to be service connected for disability compensation. In the case of active tuberculosis or Hansen's Disease (leprosy), the law provides a 3 year presumptive period and in the case of multiple sclerosis, a 7 year presumptive period. NON SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY PENSION Veterans of the Viet-Nam Era with 90 or more days' service or separated from such service for a service connected disability, who becomes permanently and totally disabled from reasons not traceable to service, may be eligible for VA's non service connected disability pension. Payments vary between $29 and $230 monthly dependent upon such factors as income, number of dependents, requirement for the regular aid and attendance of another person and periods during which some veterans receive care in a VA facility. Pension will not be paid veterans having sizable estates or having available other income, with certain exceptions, in excess of $2,000 per year for the veterans without dependents and $3,200 for one with dependents. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CARE. The VA gives you hospital or outpatient care when needed for all service connected medical or compensable dental conditions. The treatment will be given at one of the many VA hospitals or clinics, or the VA may pay for outpatient care by a hometown doctor or dentist. Generally, the VA cannot authorize payment for services of hometown doctors or dentists not approved in advance. Public Law 89-358 extends to veterans whose sole service was after January 31, 1955, hospital care from the VA on a bed available basis for treatment of their non service connected conditions, provided such veterans state under oath their inability to defray the costs of such care. This law does not extend hospital care to a person whose entire period of service was in an active duty for training status, unless he was disabled from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty. Such disabled veterans are eligible for medical services on the same basis as other veterans with service incurred diseases or disabilities. Any Viet-Nam Era veteran who develops an active psychosis within 2 years after separation from active service and before the expiration of 2 years from the date determined to end the war period, shall for the purpose of securing VA medical services be deemed to have incurred the psychosis in the active service. Viet-Nam Era veterans receiving additional service connected disability compensation or allowance, or increased non service connected disability pension based on their need of regular aid and attendance may be furnished drugs and medicines ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician as specific therapy in treatment of an illness or injury suffered by the veteran. Such drugs and medicines will be provided by VA pharmacies on the basis of the prescription furnished. Dental services on a one time completion basis may be furnished veterans with service connected but non compensable dental conditions which existed at time of separation from active service provided application is made within 1 year after separation, except the 1 year is extended in certain cases of correction of a disqualifying separation. AUTOMOBILES OR OTHER CONVEYANCES. Veterans with service connected loss, or permanent loss of use, of one or both hands or feet, or permanent impairment of vision of both eyes to a certain prescribed degree as a direct result of performing military duty, may receive a grant from VA of an amount not to exceed $1,600 toward the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance, including special appliances. The grant is paid direct to the seller after the purchase is authorized by the VA and the automobile or conveyance has been accepted by the veteran or his representative. SERVICE DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE. Veterans separated from service on or after April 25, 1951, with a service connected disability may apply to the VA for special nonparticipating National Service Life Insurance. Effective August 14, 1968, any person acting on behalf of an incompetent veteran may apply for the insurance if it is reasonably certain that the veteran will qualify for waiver of premiums. The veteran must be in good health except for the service connected disability Applications must be made within 1 year from the date VA finds that a disability s service connected. Effective January 1, 1959, if the veteran is shown to have been mentally incompetent 4