WAR PENSIONS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 198, 10 May 1918, Page 4

WAR PENSIONS

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS,

Additional regulations dealing with', war pensions are published in this week eGazette. They deal with the payment of supplementary pensions under the Pensions Act of 1917, and the conditions under which medical treatment is to be given and accepted. AVherc a partially disabled member ot tho Forces in receipt -f a pension is undergoing medical or curative treatment, and is thereby precluded 'rom following any occupation, lio may make application for an increased pension. Similarly a pensioner who is und<. -going reatmenfc while in employment, and vho is compelled for the purpose of treatment toabsent himself from work, may apply for an allowance to cover loss of wages or out-of-pocket expenses. Where a, disabled member .of <&& Forces in receipt of a pension is, under nutiioritv from (ho Dirastor-Goneral of Medical 'Services, an inniafo of a hospital or other institution, the maximum amount that shall bo paid to aim by way of pension either directly or ment with tho authorities of the institution shall lie 10s. a week :nd any balance shall be retained and paid to him on his discharge from tho nstitution. or paid, at tho discretion of /ho War Pensions Board, to the wife or such other dependant as may be determined. Where a disabled member of tho lorces who has applied for and been granted a pension is, on tho advice of a medical board, recommended to undergo or con. tinue medical or curative such advice is not accepted, and the D reclSr-General of Medical Services cerMes that such treatment is. available ithout expense to tho member, .and that r"fusal to accept the *ame » unreasonable, the Commissioner of Pen ">»» will call upon tho .pensioner to enoir ause wlv he treatment offered should not be accepted. In the event of he re. teal being persisted m the fcf sions Board shall determine what poron if anv, of tho pension vayablc in ,4°pect of the disablement 6halltew.thheld.