Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 48 Part 1.djvu/1308

 1282 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 867 . JU NE 28, 1934. or naval forces of the United States, members of training camps authorized by law, and such other persons heretofore recognized by statute as having a pensionable status "Widow ." (b) The term "widow" shall mean a person who was married to the veteran prior to July 3, 1931, and who has not remarried ; Chi ld. (c) The term "child " shall mean a person unmarried and under the age of eighteen years, unless prior to reaching the age of eighteen the child become s or has beco me permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect, who is a legiti- mate child, a child legally adopted, a stepchild if a member of the man's household, an illegitimate child, but, as to the father only, if acknowledged in writing signed by him or if he has been judi- cially ordered or decreed to contribute to such child's support, or has been judicially decreed to be the putative father of such child Payments to orphans Provi ded, Th at the payme nt of compe nsatio n shal l be contin ued Pa passing 18, completing after the age of eighteen years and until completion of education education. Limit . or training (but not after such child reaches the age of twenty-one years), to any child who is or may hereafter be pursuing a course of instruction at a school, college, academy, seminary, technical institute, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the Administrator, which shall have agreed to report to the Administrator the termination of attendance of such child, and if any such institution of learning fails to make such report promptly the approval shall be wit hdrawn. Adjudication of SEC. 4. That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized c laims. and directed to receive evidence and adjudicate claim for compen- sation under this Act when it is claimed that the veteran was 30 per centum or more disabled immediately prior to his death from disease or injury established to the satisfaction of the Veterans' Administration prior to date of death to have been directly incurred in or aggravated by service in the World War, although a deter- mination of 30-per-centum disability o r more had not been made by Proviso. °°the Veterans' Administration prior to the veteran's death
 * Provided,

Time for filing claim restricted. That for the purpose of awarding compensation under the provi- sions of this Act, direct service connection of disability and degree thereof at date of death may be determined in any case where claim has been or is filed by the widow, child, or children of a deceased World War veteran, except that proof of 30-per-centum disability or more at date of death must be filed no later than three years after date of enactment of this Act or the date of death, whichever is the later, and e vidence requi red in connec tion with any claim must be submitted in accordance w ith regulatio ns prescribed by the Presi- dent and/or the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Effective, ate of pay- SEC. 5. That payment shall be effective from the date of enact- ment. ment of this Act in all cases where death occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act and in all other cases payment shall be made from the date the application of the widow, child, or children in the form prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, is Proviso. filed in the Veterans' Administration : Provided That a claim for Aceeptance of claims under specified Acts pens ion or compe nsati on und er Pub lic La w Num bered 2, Sev enty- anAnte, zpp .8 52 4. third Congress, and the Veterans' Regulations, or Public Law Num- bered 141, Seventy-third Congress, on account of death of a veteran from directly service-connected disability shall be accepted as a claim for benefits under this Act. Approved, June 28, 1934.