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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 78-MAR. 3, 1944 "SECTIoN 1. That any person who served thirty days or more, or for the duration of one of the campaigns cited in section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1917, even though such campaign was of less than thirty days' duration, in any military organization, whether such person was regularly mustered into the service of the United States or not, but whose service was under the authority or by the approval of the United States or any State or Territory in any Indian war or cam- paign, or in connection with, or in the zone of, any active Indian hostilities in any of the States or Territories of the United States from January 1, 1817, to December 31, 1898, inclusive, the deter- mination as to what constitutes the zone of active Indian hostilities to be made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and who is now or may hereafter be suffering from any mental or physical disability or disabilities of a permanent character which so incapacitate him for the performance of manual labor as to render him unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact, according to such rules and regulations as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may provide, be placed upon the pension roll of the United States and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding $60 a month and not less than $20 a month, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support, and in determining such inability each and every infirmity shall be duly considered and the aggregate of the disabilities shown shall be rated, these rates to be fixed as follows: $20 a month for one-tenth disability, $25 a month for one-fourth disability, $35 a month for one-half disability, $50 a month for three-fourths disa- bility, and $60 a month for total disability: Provided, That any such person who has reached the age of sixty-two years shall, upon making proof of such fact, be entitled to receive a pension of $30 a month; and in case such person has reached the age of sixty-five years, $60 a month: Provided further, That any such person who is now or hereafter may become, on account of age or physical or mental dis- abilities, helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person, shall be given a rate of $100 a month." SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (U. S. C., title 38, sec. 381c; 44 Stat. 1363), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEc. 4. The pension or increased rate of pension herein provided for shall commence from the date of filing application therefor after the date of enactment of this Act in such form as may be prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or the date of the incep- tion of the requisite condition as shown by the evidence, whichever is the later: Provided,That as to veterans who hereafter apply for and receive pension under the provisions of this Act, increased pension by reason of disability requiring the regular aid and attendance of another person shall be effective as of the date of inception of the requisite condition as shown by the evidence, but not earlier than the date of the original application for pension hereunder." SEO. 3. The Act of March 3, 1927 (U. S . C., title 38, sees. 381-381d; 44 Stat. 1361-1363), is hereby amended by adding a new section numbered 6 to read as follows: "SEC. 6 . The dependent unremarried widow of any person who rendered service as described in section 1 of this Act, who is barred from receiving pension because her marriage to the veteran occurred subsequent to March 3, 1917, but who is otherwise entitled to pension under section 2 of this Act, shall be entitled to pension in her own right and to the additional pension provided for minor and helpless children in said section 2: Proided, That she has attained the age of sixty years, was married to the veteran ten or more years prior to his death, and lived with him continuously from 109 Severvice reqiment 39 Stat. 1199. 38U. .C.1375. Disabilityrating. Veterans attaining agesof 62 and 65. Helpless or blind veterans. Commencement of pension or Inareased rate. Veteran requirtin attendant. Certain dependent unremarried widows. Ante, p. 108. 44 Stat. 133 aSU. ..O. 381a Age and martl reationdi.

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