The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran is not competent to handle direct payment of VA benefits due to his severe deficits in short-term memory and judgment resulting from service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The overwhelming majority of medical opinions indicate the Veteran's current incompetency, despite some improvements noted by a July 2002 examiner. The evidence does not demonstrate that he can manage his financial affairs without supervision.
- Claimed conditions
- Skull fracture, Cerebral contusions, Organic brain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0933767
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