An agreement is pending at this time with the British Government to
provide service for all U.S. ex-service men who may be permanently or
temporarily domiciled in the United Kingdom.
CO-OPERATION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN GIVING SERVICE TO U.S.
EX-SERVICE MEN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.:
All medical, surgical, or hospital service that may be required for U.S.
ex-service men now in foreign countries is provided for by this Bureau
through co-operation with representatives abroad of the Department of
State, this Bureau authorizing such service upon receipt of information
that the man is in need of such service, and upon the establishment of
his identity and the fact that the disability for which treatment is
requested was due to or aggravated by his U.S. military service. Any
expense incident to this service is provided for by this Bureau and is
paid for through the State Department by transfer of appropriation. This
procedure has been found very satisfactory, for the reason that it
expedites the service to the man and simplifies the accounting problem
by the prompt payment of any expense that may have been incurred.
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES MADE BY PHYSICIANS DESIGNATED
BY U.S. CONSUL:
For the past six months a ruling has been in effect that where a Bureau
beneficiary in a foreign country was ordered for examination, he must
appear before a physician designated by the U.S. Consul only, and that
unless a report was received within three months from the date of the
letter directing him to appear, or to furnish satisfactory evidence to
the Bureau as to the cause of his inability to report, his compensation,
if he received such, would be held in suspense pending the report of his
medical examination. The result of this procedure in securing an
examination by competent physicians has been that more satisfactory
reports are received.