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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JLTNE 17, 1957

[71 S T A T.

CERTIFICATE ENTITLING HOLDER TO P E N S I O N

SEC. 461. (a) The Secretary concerned shall determine whether or not each applicant is entitled to the benefits of this part. If the offi<iial award of the medal of honor to the applicant, or the official notice to him thereof, shows that the medal of honor was awarded to the applicant for an act described in section 460, such award or notice shall be sufficient to entitle the applicant to special pension under this part without further investigation; otherwise all official correspondence, orders, reports, recommendations, requests, and other evidence on file in any public office or department shall be considered. (b) Each person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, and Air Force Medal of Honor Roll shall be furnished a certificate of service and of the act of heroism, gallantry, bravery, or intrepidity for which the medal of honor Avas awarded, of enrollment on such roll^ and of his right to special pension. (c) The Secretary concerned shall deliver to the Administrator a certified copy of each certificate which he issues under this part. Such copy shall authorize the Administrator to pay to the person named in the certificate the special pension provided for in this part. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PENSION

SEC. 462. (a) The Administrator shall pay monthly to each person whose name has been entered on the Army, Navy, and Air Force Medal of Honor Roll a special pension at the rate of $10, beginning as of the date of application therefor under section 460. (b) The receipt of special pension shall not deprive any person of any other pension or other benefit, right, or privilege to which he is or may hereafter be entitled under any existing or subsequent law. Special pension shall be paid in addition to all other payments under laws of the United States. (c) Special pension shall not be subject to any attachment, execution, levy, tax lien, or detention under any process whatever. (d) If any person has been awarded more than one medal of honor, he shall not receive more than one special pension. TITLE V—HOSPITAL, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE PART A—DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS

SEC. 501. For the purposes of this title— (1) The term "disability" means a disease, injury, or other physical or mental defect. (2) The term "veteran of any war'* includes any veteran of the Indian Wars, and the term "period of war" includes each of the Indian Wars. (3) The term "Veterans' Administration facilities" means— (A) facilities over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction; (B) Government facilities for which the Administrator contracts; and (C) private facilities for which the iVdministrator contracts in order to provide hospital care (i) in emergency cases for persons suffering from service-connected disabilities or from disabilities for which such persons wer^ discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service; (ii) for women veterans of

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