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 1069 53STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 331 -JULY 19, 1939 service connected shall, upon filing application and such proofs in the Veterans' Administration as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe, be entitled to receive compensation as provided by this Act. "(b) The surviving widow, child, or children of any deceased per- Siervicee qualifte son who served in the World War before November 12, 1918, or if the person was serving with the United States military forces in Russia before April 2, 1920, and who was honorably discharged after having served ninety days or more (or who, having served less than ninety days, was discharged for disability incurred in the service in line of duty), who dies or has died from a disease or disability not service connected and at the time of death had a disability directly, or presumptively incurred in or aggravated by service in the World War for which compensation would be payable if 10 per centum or more in degree, shall, upon filing application and such proofs in the Veterans' Administration as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe, be entitled to receive compensation as provided by this Act. "(c) Payment of compensation under the provisions of this Act Pymentofompen shall not be made to any widow without child, or a child, whose annual n; income exceeds $1,000, or to a widow with a child or children whose annual income exceeds $2,500. In determining annual income, pay- ments of war risk term insurance, United States Government life (converted) insurance, and payments under the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended (U. S. C ., title 38, ch. 11), and the 3 Stat. 121; 49 Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, as amended, shall not 38U.S.C.ch.11; be considered. Except as provided in section 6 of Public Law Num- SuppIVchs. 11,la. bered 304, Seventy-fifth Congress, August 16, 1937 (U. S . C ., title 0 ts 1, stap. 38, sec. 472d), compensation authorized by this Act shall not be pay- IV,472d. able effective prior to the receipt of application therefor in the Vet- Timeofpayment erans' Administration; and in no event shall compensation herein authorized be effective prior to the date of enactment of this Act." . SEC. 2 . Section 2 of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Con- 8st. 1.c8§ 51. gress, as amended (U. S . C., title 38, sec. 504), is hereby amended to read as follows: Iates of cormpe.a- "SEC. 2. (a) The monthly rates of compensation shall be as follows: tio,,. Widow but no child, $30; widow with one child, $38 (with $4 for each additional child); no widow but one child, $15; no widow but two children, $22 (equally divided); no widow but three children, $30 (equally divided) (with $3 for each additional child; total amount to be equally divided). "(b) The total compensation payable under this section shall not aptioiu; whe exceed $64. Where such benefits would otherwise exceed $64, the amount of $64 may be apportioned as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe." SEC. 3. Section 4 of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third 48 tt1 C. § 2 Congress, June 28, 1934, as amended (U. S. C., title 38, sec. 506), Supp. iv,5 0so6. is hereby amended to read as follows:rmination of "SEC. 4. For the purpose of awarding compensation under the Deeric nntion provisions of this Act, as amended, service connection of a disability adisability. at the date of death, and degree thereof where required, may be determined in any case where a claim has been or is filed by the widow, child, or children of a deceased World War veteran. Proof Evidence. of disability at the date of death, and degree thereof where required, and evidence as to service connection, may be filed at any time after the date of enactment of this Act or the date of death. Evidence required in connection with any claim must be submitted in accord- ance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs."

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