The Board has determined that the Veteran is competent to manage his financial affairs and therefore finds him competent for VA purposes.
The deciding factor: The June 2016 VA psychiatric examination found the Veteran capable of managing his financial affairs, resolving all reasonable doubt 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
- January 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1800440
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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.
What you can do next
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