Excerpt from H. R. 69, 1986, 2997, 3159, 3240 and 4088: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session; April 28, 1994 Mr. Edwards. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The sub committee will come to order. Chairman Slattery cannot be with us today, but he's asked me to conduct this hearing in his behalf. We meet today to hear testimony from the va, veterans' service organizations, and one of our distinguished colleagues, the Honor able Tom Lewis of Florida, on several bills that affect the va's compensation and pension programs, as well as certain personnel at the Board of Veterans' Appeals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.