The Veteran is not competent to handle his VA funds and the appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has a mental illness, including Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type, which renders him incompetent to manage his financial affairs, including his VA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19119252
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Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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