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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , S1TSESS.-CH. 233-JULY 13, 1943 0Ot SEc. 12. Paragraph V, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 2 U.Bs.C. note fol. (a), is amended to read as follows: V. (1) Pension, compensation, or retirement pay authorized under Benefits due and laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, to which a person unpaid at death was entitled prior to the date of his death, and not paid during his lifetime, and due and unpaid for a period not to exceed one year prior to death under existing ratings or decisions, or those based on evi- dence in the file at date of death, shall, upon the death of such person, be paid as hereinafter set forth: "(a) Upon the death of a person receiving an apportioned share of the veteran's pension, compensation, or retirement pay, all or any part of such unpaid amount, to the veteran or to any other dependent or dependents as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs; "(b) Upon the death of a veteran, to the surviving spouse; or if there be no surviving spouse, to the child or children, dependent mother or father in the order named; "(c) Upon the death of a widow or remarried widow, to the veter- an's child or children; "(d) Upon the death of a child, to the surviving child or children of the veteran, entitled to death compensation or pension; "(e) In all other cases, only so much of the unpaid pension, con- Last sickness and I burial expenses. pensation, or retirement pay may be paid as may be necessary to reimburse a person who bore the expense of last sickness and burial: Provided, however, That no part of any of the accrued pension, compensation, or retirement pay shall be used to reimburse any politi- cal subdivision of the United States for expense incurred in the last sickness or burial of such person; "(f) Payment of the benefits authorized by this paragraph will not Presentation of be made unless claim therefor be received in the Veterans Adminis-'aim. tration within one year from the date of death of the beneficiary or one year after date of this enactment, whichever is later, and such claim is perfected by the submission of the necessary evidence within one year from the date of the request therefor by the Veterans' Administration: Provided, however, That a claim for compensation or pension by an apportionee, widow, child, or dependent parent shall be deemed to include claim for any accrued benefits. "(2) A check received by a payee in payment of pension, corn- Che k as asset of pensation, or retirement pay shall, in the event of the death of the ea payee on or after the last day of the period covered by such check, become an asset of the estate of the deceased payee. "(3) All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with or inconsistent lep!lofinoosat. with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed." SEC. 13. Paragraph VI of Veterans Regulation Numbered 6 (a), as I 3 U. s. note fol. amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "VI. (A) Where any disabled veteran having neither wife, child, acemnt hospi,, e nor dependent parent is being furnished hospital treatment, mstitu- ce. tional or domiciliary care by the United States, or any political sub- division thereof, any pension, compensation, or retirement pay shall not exceed $20 per month: Provided, That the amount payable for any such disabled veteran, entitled to pension for non-service-con- nected disability under the provisions of part III of Veterans Regu- lation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, shall not exceed $8 per month ., C. note s o. e Where any disabled veteran who is being furnished hospital treat- oL ia6 ment2 institutional or domiciliary care by the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, has a wife, child, or dependent parent, the pension, compensation, or retirement pay may, in the discretion of the Administrator, be apportioned on behalf of such wife, child, or dependent parent, in accordance with instructions issued by the Administrator.

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