PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 233-JULY 13, 1943 Insane veteran. Pension, compensa- tion, or retirement pay. Where estate equals or exceeds $1,500 . Payment to insti- tution, guardian, etc. 44 Stat. 791. 38U. S.C . 450 (1). 46 Stat. 993. 38U.S .C . i450 (3). Veteran deemed single and without de- pendents. Inmates of soldiers' homes. Repeal or modifica- tion of conflicting pro- visions. 46 Stat. 530. Wartime service- connected death com- pensation, etc. Monthly rates. 53 Stat. 1070. 38 U. S. C., Supp. II J§ 472b, 472b-l , 387b. "(B) Where any disabled 'veteran having neither wife, child, nor dependent parent is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional or domiciliary care by the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, and shall be deemed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be insane, the pension, compensation, or retirement pay for such veteran shall be in the amounts specified in (A) above: Pro- vided, That in any case where the estate of such disabled insane veteran derived from any source equals or exceeds $1,500, further payments of such benefits will not be made until the estate is reduced to $500. Any such veteran without such dependent or dependents, when maintained at his own expense in an institution, shall be subject to the foregoing limitations but shall be paid such amount otherwise payable as equals the amount charged for his care and maintenance in such institution not exceeding the amount the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines to be the charge as fixed by any appli- cable statute or valid administrative regulation: Provided further, That all or any part of the pension, compensation, or retirement pay payable on account of any such veteran may, in the discretion of the Administrator, and in accordance with instructions issued by the Administrator, be paid to the chief officer of the institution wherein the disabled veteran is maintained, to be properly accounted for by said chief officer and to be used for the benefit of the disabled veteran; or may be paid to the guardian of the disabled veteran in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of section 21 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended; or, in the event the disabled veteran has a wife, child, oredependent parent, may, in the discretion of the Administrator, be paid to his wife or apportioned on behalf of such wife, child, or dependent parent; or otherwise be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of section 21 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended. "(C) Any veteran subject to the provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be deemed to be single and without dependents in the absence of satisfactory evidence to the contrary: Provided,That in no event shall increased compensation, pension, or retirement pay of such veteran be granted for any period more than six months prior to receipt of satisfactory evidence showing such veteran has a wife. child, or dependent parent. "(D) The pension of any disabled veteran who is an inmate of the United States Soldiers' Home or of any National or State soldiers' home on the date of this enactment, shall not be reduced or discon- tinued by reason of the provisions of (A), (B), or (C) above. "(E) The provisos of section 3 of the Act of May 1, 1926 (44 Stat. 383: U. S . C ., title 38, sec. 364b). and of sections 2 and 4 of the Act of June 2, 1930 (46 Stat. 492, 493; U. S . C ., title 38, sees. 365a, 365c); that part of the proviso of section 5 of the Act of July 3, 1926, extending to and ending with a semicolon (44 Stat. 807; U. S . C., title 38, sec. 321a): the second proviso of section 5 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (44 Stat. 530; U. S . C ., title 38, sec. 321c); the third proviso of section 1 of the Act of August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 786; U. S . C ., title 38, sec. 381-1): the first proviso of section 4 of the Act of May 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 440: U. S . C .. title 38, sec. 370c); and all other provi- sions of law or regulation in conflict with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or modified accordingly." SEC. 14. (a) The surviving widow, child, or children of any deceased person, entitled to wartime service-connected death compensation or pension at the rates provided in paragraph two of section 5 of Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved July 19, 1939, as amended (U. S . C., title 38, sees. 472b, 472b-1, 357b), shall be entitled to receive compensation or pension at the monthly rates specified below: [57 S.TAT.
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