Veterans' Payments

John Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General, and Thomas D. McBride, Attorney General,

—Your department has asked to be advised whether, under the World War II Veterans’ Compensation Act of June 11, 1947, P. L. 565, 51 PS §§455.1 to 455.16: (a) Compensation may be paid to a proper beneficiary when a veteran, after applying but before payment is made, disappears and is not heard of for more than seven years, and (b) compensation may be paid to a proper beneficiary when a veteran, who qualifies but has never made application, disappears and has not been heard of for more than seven years.

The only…