Paragraph 1 of Veterans Regulation No. 6 (a) is

By virtue of the authority vested in me under section 6 of title I of the act entitled "An act to maintain the credit of the United States Government", approved March 20, 1933 (Public No. 2, 73d Congress), as amended by section 1 of the act entitled "An act mak- ing appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes" approved June 16, 1933 (Public No. 78, 73d Congress), the following regulation amending Veterans Regulation No. 6 (a) is hereby prescribed:

1. Paragraph 1 of Veterans Regulation No. 6 (a) is amended to read as follows:

the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, is au- thorized to furnish domiciliary or hospital care, includ- ing medical treatment, to the following persons and in the specified order of preference:

"(a) To honorably discharged veterans of any war, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine In- surrection, who are suffering with injuries or diseases which were incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the active military or naval service when in need of hospital treatment for such injuries or diseases; and

"To those persons included in paragraph III of part I of Veterans Regulation No. 1 (a) who are suffering with injuries or diseases which were incurred in line of duty, when in need of hospital treatment for such injuries or diseases;

"(b) To persons honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard for disabilities incurred in line of duty, who are suffering with injuries or diseases which were in- curred or aggravated in line of duty in the active serv- ice when in need of hospital treatment for such injuries or diseases;

"(c) To veterans of any war, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection, who served in the active military or naval service for a period of ninety days or more and who have been honorably dis- charged therefrom, or who having served less than ninety days, were discharged for disability incurred in the service in line of duty, who have no adequate means of support, and who are suffering with permanent dis- abilities or tuberculous or neuropsychiatric ailments, or such other conditions requiring emergency or extensive hospital treatment as may be prescribed by the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs, which incapacitate them from earning a living:

"(d) To persons honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard for disabilities incurred in line of duty in the active service, who have no adequate means of support, and who are suffering with permanent disabilities or tuberculous or neuropsychiatric ailments, or such other conditions requiring emergency or extensive hospital treatment as may be prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, which incapacitate them from earning a living."

2. Paragraph III of Veterans Regulation No. 6 (a) is amended to read as follows:

person to a Veterans' Administration facility may be paid in the discretion of the Administrator of Vet- erans' Affairs only when the person is granted prior authority to report to a Veterans' Administration facil- ity for medical treatment or when, in the discretion of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs transfer from one Veterans' Administration facility to another is deemed advisable. Upon completion of such treatment as may be prescribed and regular discharge by the Vet- erans' Administration, reasonable traveling, and other expenses of the person, from the Veterans' Administra- tion facility to the place from which hospitalized may be paid in the discretion of the Administrator of Vet- erans' Affairs. In the event of the death of any person prior to discharge, transportation expenses (including preparation of the body) for the return of the body to the place of residence or the nearest National cemetery may be paid in the discretion of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs when deemed necessary and as an administrative necessity."

3. Paragraph VI of Veterans Regulation No. 6 (a) is amended to read as follows:

ease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active Coast Guard or military or naval service, and emergency officers' retirement pay, of any person who is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional, or domiciliary care by the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, shall not exceed $15.00 per month, provided that where such person has a wife, child, or dependent mother or father so much of the difference by which the amount to which such disabled person would otherwise be entitled exceeds $15.00 may be paid in the discretion of the Administrator to the wife, child, or de- pendent mother or father in such amounts as he may pre- scribe. Where any disabled person having neither wife, child, nor dependent mother or father, is being main- tained by the Government of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, in an institution and shall be deemed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be insane, the pension or emergency officers' retirement pay for such person shall thereafter not exceed $15.00 per month so long as he shall be maintained by the Gov- ernment of the United States, or any political subdivi- sion thereof, in an institution; provided, however, that in any case where the estate of such person derived from funds paid under the War Risk Insurance Act, as

amended, the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as
amended, the Emergency Officers' Retirement Act of May
24, 1928, several pension acts, Public No. 2, 73d Congress,

or Public No. 78, 73d Congress, equals or exceeds $1,500, any payments of pension being made will be discontinued until the estate derived from such funds is reduced to $500. The provisions of this paragraph shall also be applicable to pensions for disability the result of injury or disease incurred after active military or naval service, except that the amount payable while the veteran is in the institution shall be $6.00 per month instead of $15.00 per month. As to pension payable on account of service prior to the Spanish-American War, the amount pay- able while the veteran is in the institution shall be $15.00 per month in all cases."

4. Paragraph VII of Veterans Regulations No. 6 (a) is amended to read as follows:

der Public No. 2, 73d Congress, or Public No. 78. 73d Congress, or emergency officers' retirement pay is a pa- tient in a Veterans' Administration facility, or where for any other reason the disabled person and his wife are not living together, or where the child or children are not in the custody of the disabled person, or in the custody of the widow, the amount of the pension or emergency officers' retirement pay may be apportioned as may be prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs."

5. The amendments contained in this regulation shall be effective as of the date of promulgation.


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