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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 291. 1923. 1523 to have_a neuropsychiatric disease or an active tuberculous disease m°“*°"”°¥*‘ developing a 10 per centum de e of disability or more in accord- ance with the provisions of suilgivision (2) of section 302 of the }`£§'§,iZ‘§ War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, and such showing was also had 4, 3,,,, made upon exammation by a medical officer of the Veterans’ Bureau 'P` ` or by a legally qualified physician made within three years after — separation from the active military or naval service of the United States, shall be considered to have acquired his disability in such service or to have suffered an aggravation of a preexisting neuropsy. chiatric disease or tuberculosis, in such service, but nothing in this proviso shall be construed to prevent a claimant from receiving agim if d°v°l°P°° the benefits of compensation and medical care and treatment for a disability due to these diseases of more than 10 per eentum degree (in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2), section 302, of the War Risk Insurance Act as amended) at a date more than three years after separation from such service if the facts of the case substantiate his claim: And provided further, That oompensa- mP¤Bg,j,*;°;**,,},‘],t;Pfy¤*¤: tion as hereinafter provided may be paid for disability resulting navalservlce api-nc, from personal injury or disease contracted in line of duty prior to f§%gi°'p ; April 6, 1917, or for aggravation of a disability existing prior to §g,*“°°"*'¤°'* ““**· examination, acceptance, and enrollment for service for such ag- ` gravation suiiered and contracted in line of duty prior to April 6, 1917, by any member of the military or naval forces in active service on April 6, 1917, who was discharged subsequent to April 6, 1917. With the exception of members 0 the military and naval forces ,{¤°¤{¤¤¤¤¤¤¤Ar¤1 whose injury was suffered or disease contracted prior to April 6, 191’g,”this section shall be deemed to be in efect as of April 6, 191 . ' Sec. 3. That subdivision (gh of section 301 of the War Risk In- ”°°“"""""‘°"· surance Act, as amended by the Act approved December 24, 1919, is hereby amended to read as follows: “( g) (1) If there is a dependent mother (or dependent father), $§{f‘}‘g,j’§§,{§‘,;‘f,§’,;_ $20, or both $30. The amount payable under this subdivision shall ¤¤· not exceed the diiference between the total amount payable to the _ _ _ widow and children and the sum of $75. This compensation shall L"‘“‘°°“'“· be payable for the death of but one child and no compensation for the death of a child shall be paylable if the dependent mother is m receipt of compensation under the provisions of this article for the death of her husband. Such compensation shall be payable whether the dependenc of the father or mother or both arises before or after the death of (lie person, but no compensation shall be pafyable if the dependency arises more than five years after the death o the person. Bm] "(2) If death occur or shall have occurred subsequent to April °""“°" 6 1917, and before discharge or resignation from the service the United States shall pay for burial expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed $100, as mag be fixed by regulation. I wt, \Vhere a veteran of any war dies after disc arge or resignation from ,,,,,,·1,,,,,,,,,,§$’,T,"i,.,,;,l the service and does not leave sufficient assets to meet the expense of °'¤¤Y "°·¤¤· his burial and the transportation of his body, and such expenses are not otherwise provided for the United States Veterans’ Bureau shall ay the following sums: lf or a flag to drape the casket, and after iiurial to be given to the next of kin of the deceased, a sum not exceeding $5; also for burial expenses a sum not exceeding)$100 to P I such person or persons as may be fixed by regulations: ramliegl, rrapspereatieu oi That subject to regulations, where death occ1u·s while such person is §°u‘§,¥,,;’ ,,$gg;,$c,";f receiving governmental medical, surgical or hosyjgtal treatment or tmtmmt- ' vocational training, the United States Veterans’ ureau shall pay, in addition to burial expenses, the actual and necessary cost of the transportation of the body of such person (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial withm the continental limits of the United States.