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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. oa. 553. 1925. 1305 extent to which any such defect, disorder, or infirmity was so made of record: Provided, That an ex—service man who is shown to have SP°°*”°d $*8***,9* or, if_ deceased, to have had, prior to January 1, 1925, neuro- ;g1{9Ypl:iIi?g:) irigmadi psychiatric disease, an active tuberculosis disease, paralysis agitans, °'Sm°°"°d "”°m°°‘ encephalitis lethargica, or amoebic dysentery developing a 10 per centum degree of disability or more in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (4) of section 202 of this Act shall be presumed AM. ¤-618- to have acquired his disability in such service between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921, or to have suffered an aggravation of a preexisting neuropsychiatric disease, tuberculosis, paralysis agitans, encephalitis lethargica, or amoebic dysentery in such service between said dates, and said presumption shall be conclusive in cases of active tuberculous disease, but in all other cases said presumption shall be rebuttable by clear and convincing evidence; but nothing in this proviso ,0§Q§“}},,e’§"}§, $8,;}*,; shall be construed to prevent a claimant from receiving the benefits <1is¤bi1iW· of compensation and medical care and treatment for a disability due to these diseases of more than 10 per centum degree (in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (4) section 202, of this Act) A""·P·‘“8- on or subsequent to January 1, 1925, if the facts in the case substantiate his claim." Sec. 7. Section 201 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, ,If$,j*f*‘,,‘f1},‘;§,'“,§‘,§§’,§,,d_ approved June 7, 1924, is hereby amended to read as follows: ¤d· '_ _ " Sec. 201. That if death results from injury— ,,,§;S°m“g {mm I"` “ If the deceased leaves a widow or child, or if he leaves a mother m}‘If‘{;**;;{,,§y;¤;*¤°¤Saor father either or both dependent upon him for support, the monthly ` compensation shall be the following amounts: _ _ “§a) If there is a widow but no child, $30. www md °md'°°' " b) If there is a widow and one child, $40, with $6 for each additional child. “(c) If there is no widow, but one child, $20. " (d) If there is no widow, but two children, $30. " (e) If there is no widow, but three children, $40, with $5 for each additional child. d "(f) If there is a dependent mother (or dependent father), $20, Dip? fm °°'°°m' ` or both, $30. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not L°°°°°°°' exceed the difference between the total amount payable to the widow and children and the sum of $75. Such compensation shall be payable, whether the dependency of the father or mother or both arises before or after the death of the person, but no compensation shall be payable if the dependency arises more than five years after the death of the person. _ Bum, ummm “(1) If death occur or shall have_oocurred subsequent to April 6, In me www ` 1917, and before discharge or resignation from the service, the ' United States Veterans’ Bureau shall pay for burial and funeral expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed menus mm wu $100, as may be fixed by regulation. Where a veteran of any war, niciuaing contract including those persons who Served honorably as Army nurses under contracts for ninety days or more during the Spanish—American VVar, who was not dishonorably discharged dies after discharge or resignation from the service and does not in the judgment of the director leave sufficient assets to meet the expenses of burial and funeral and the transportation of the body, the United States _ Veterans? Bureau shall pay the following sums: For a flag to drape Sp“°‘§°° “u°""°“S· the casket, and after burial to be given to the next of kin of the deceased, a sum not exceeding $7; also, for burial and funeral expenses and the transportation of the body (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial, a sum not exceeding $100 to cover such items and to be paid to such person or persons as may be _ fixed by regulations: Provided, That when such_person dies while numabenescssm-S. receiving from the bureau compensation or vocational training, the