Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"No award of disability or death pension shall be effective prior to the date of the veteran's separation from service."

"The effective date of an award of pension shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found."

"The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to continue hospital and domiciliary care of those persons properly admitted under the laws in effect prior to March 20, 1933, until such time as t..."

"Pension to a dependent mother or father shall continue during dependency until death or remarriage of the mother or father."