Declared Incompetent What Do I Do?

[Boracay]

Hello fellow vets,

I been declared incompetent by the VA even though on by exam by the Fee Basis Doctor before the C and P exam said I could handle money. I don't want to have a third party manage my funds and it isn't a option. What steps do I take to not let this happen?

[Berta]

It might be a thirty day response period-I dont know- what does the letter say on that?

[Boracay]

It might be a thirty day response period-I dont know- what does the letter say on that?

lol nothing. It just said it is proposed...

[Berta]

I strongly suggest that you get a hold of a vet rep from your local county or state veterans service agency-they often can make housecalls- and see if there is someone who can help you with this proposed incompetency as well as your A & A claim.

If VA awards you A & A, any retro will be held up until the incompetency issue is resolved.

[carlie]

Berta,

He's in the Philippines.

He's also posted,

"SSA declared me incompetent but they said after the edvidence that they are going to change it"

I don't find any post saying SSA has now declared him competent to handle his own funds,

so until SSA makes a change this will probably still work against him.

I do know a vet that was declared by SSA competent to manage their finances

yet VBA declared him incompetent and stayed with an appointed fiduciary.

He tried to fight it a couple of years and finally gave up on it.