JUDICIAL REVIEW OF VETERANS' CLAIMS HEARINGS BEFORE A SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 282, H.R. 775, H.R. 849, H.R. 852, H.R. 857, H.R. 3263, FEBRUARY 20, 21, 26, MARCH 1, AND 5, 1962 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs ERSITY APR 1962 UVENT Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a 80082 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1962 CONTENTS Page Addabbo, Hon. Joseph P. 1972, 1980-1982, 1990, 2016-2019 Corcoran, John J., director, National Rehabilitation Commission. 1943-1961 Workload in Board of Veterans' Appeals - American Veterans of World War II. (See AMVETS.) AMVETS, Bowman, Garrett J., director, legislative and service depart- Peltz, Irving, National service officer.. Wood, Frank G., assistant national service director for claims__ 1940-1942 Downer, Adin M. (See Committee staff; Subcommittee counsel.) 1883, 1804-1816 1727-1801 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Decisions of the Board of Vet- 1882, 1883, 1885, 1939, 1940, Ten-year chronology- 1825 C Nussbaum, Harold J. (See Association of Plaintiffs' Trial Attorneys of the District of Columbia.) Patterson, Edwin B. (See Committee staff counsel.) 1803 Proulx, Alfred C. (See Military Appeals, U.S. Court of.) 1803 1804 Military Appeals, Court of. (See separate listing.) 1803 District, total cases and decisions, 1961- Insurance cases pending in, 1961.. Supreme Court, opinions, 1960_term_ Independent medical expert study.. Organization chart. 2050 Stancil, James W., Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals. 2007, 2008, Stover, Francis W., Director, national legislative service- Wood, Frank G. (See Disabled American Veterans.) The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 356, Old House Office Building, Hon. Horace Kornegay, chairman of the Mr. KORNEGAY. The subcommittee will come to order, please. I apologize for being a few minutes late in getting started this Now we will get down to business. Without objection I will insert in the record the bills, Veterans' Administration reports, and other data pertinent to the hearings. Excerpts from House Committee Print No. 118, 87th Congress, "Find- ings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals", published August 14, 1961, by the Committee An explanation of the material contained hereafter is contained At the conclusion of the hearings on judicial review in the 2d session of the An identical bill, H.R. 866, was introduced in the 87th Congress and is now You may also recall that in connection with this subject the committee con- |