REPORTS TO BE MADE UPON CANADIAN FORMS 346,399 and 76.:
Your attention is particularly called to the necessity of forwarding to the Bureau reports required by the Canadian Government regarding the hospitalization of Canadian ex-service men; and I desire to stress this point, that, when a medical examination is made of a Canadian ex-service man, the report of your findings should be furnished on S. C.R. Form 346 (S.C.R. meaning Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment), this Form being similar in requirements to the Bureau Medical Division Form 2545. It is upon the findings in this report mode upon S.C.R. 346 that the Canadian Government gives its approval for hospitalization. S.C.R. Form 399 is a Progress Report, and should be rendered monthly during the man’s stay in hospital, for the reason that until this report is received no pension will be paid to the man or to his dependents. When a Canadian beneficiary is hospitalized his compensation is reduced, but the family allowance, should he have dependents, is increased. $40 is the maximum pension payable to a man while in hospital, $10 of which is paid to him and $30 held in reserve, which is accumulative, and is given to him upon discharge from hospital. The family allowance is increased according to the number of his dependents, and is paid to his family direct. S.C.R. Form. 76 is a discharge report from hospital and should be rendered promptly in triplicate, as all these reports should be. If you are not in possession of these Canadian Forms, 346, 399 and 76, they may be obtained from the District Manager in whose district you are located.