The appellant is deemed competent to manage his own affairs without limitation.
The deciding factor: There is a reasonable doubt as to the appellant's mental capacity to contract or to manage his own affairs, including the disbursement of funds without limitation. The presumption of competency requires that reasonable doubt be found in favor of competency.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2009
- Citation
- 0910532
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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