Medical and Dental Programs of the Veterans' Administration ...: Hearings ... February 18, 19, and 25, 19531953 - 254 pages |
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... understanding that after the $ 31 million cut was applied , the Veterans ' Administration presented several different estimates to the Bureau of the Budget , and that these estimates were first $ 31 million ; then $ 23 million ; then ...
... understanding that after the $ 31 million cut was applied , the Veterans ' Administration presented several different estimates to the Bureau of the Budget , and that these estimates were first $ 31 million ; then $ 23 million ; then ...
Page 131
... understand it , a man with service- connected disabilities is allowed hospitalization for other disabilities not service - connected , but he is carried as a non - service - connected case . Is that right ? That is , although he may ...
... understand it , a man with service- connected disabilities is allowed hospitalization for other disabilities not service - connected , but he is carried as a non - service - connected case . Is that right ? That is , although he may ...
Page 134
... understand , and they do not understand it . Most of our difficulties in life are due to lack of information and misinformation . We try to give information , and that is one of our biggest services - to provide information . Some ...
... understand , and they do not understand it . Most of our difficulties in life are due to lack of information and misinformation . We try to give information , and that is one of our biggest services - to provide information . Some ...
Page 135
... understand . Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN . I am not sure we are being told now these results are due to that cut or not due to the cut . Admiral BOONE . Some of this was due to scarcity , such as neuro- psychiatrists . There are only 7,500 in the ...
... understand . Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN . I am not sure we are being told now these results are due to that cut or not due to the cut . Admiral BOONE . Some of this was due to scarcity , such as neuro- psychiatrists . There are only 7,500 in the ...
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... understanding that that was the thing the Congress did not want to be done . Am I right on that ? Admiral BOONE . The only limitation was that there should be no reduction in the category of physicians , dentists , nurses , and ...
... understanding that that was the thing the Congress did not want to be done . Am I right on that ? Admiral BOONE . The only limitation was that there should be no reduction in the category of physicians , dentists , nurses , and ...
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Page 245 - June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall thereafter be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, shall, subject to other provisions of law and Veterans Regulations administered by the Veterans...
Page 240 - The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to pay directly to...
Page 244 - veteran' means persons who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while such forces were in the service of the armed forces of the United States...
Page 239 - Affairs is hereby authorized under such limitations as he may prescribe, and within the limits of existing Veterans' Administration facilities, to furnish to men discharged from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard for disabilities incurred in line of duty...
Page 235 - In addition to the compensation above provided, the injured person shall be furnished by the United States such reasonable governmental medical, surgical, and hospital services and with such supplies, including artificial limbs, trusses, and similar appliances, as the director may determine to be useful and reasonably necessary...
Page 239 - That this appropriation shall be available for continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888 (24 USC 134), as amended, for those veterans eligible for admission to Veterans...
Page 236 - An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, and for other purposes...
Page 240 - ... of this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials.
Page 234 - M^y 4, 1882. if any keeper or member of a crew of a life-saving or life-boat station shall be so disabled by reason of any wound or injury received or disease contracted in the Life-Saving Service in the line of duty...
Page 237 - Affairs. Such administrator, under the direction of the President, shall have the control, direction, and management of the various agencies and activities enumerated in and referred to in section 1 of this Act, and shall be charged with all the administrative duties relating to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the Bureau of Pensions now imposed by law upon the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior, respectively. All final decisions or...