Questions From A Lamer

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1- How much money can veteran have in bank and still draw benefits

2-Can a veteran own a home and draw benefits, I own half a home left to me in a special needs trust

from my mother's will

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Hoppy and Berta: This is a copy of letter I sent RO in St Pete FL just now, I could have made it a 100 pages long but just wanted to be honest and let them know, Lord I don't need any more trouble, I just need them to tell me what to do, I guess if I had not had brain operation I could handle all this, but with that Mom and Clay, now the VA, man, it's like the Lord is putting cinder blocks on my sholders to see how many I can carry, excuse me sir, enough. Thanks again for all your help:

First I must say someone else is typing this as I can't. I recieve a VA pension and Aid and attendance for a Total and Permanent disability.

Please see this gets where it needs to go, I have no ideal, thank you.

First let me say this is as honest as I know how to be, am really still in shock over all this, so I'll tell you what happened.

On August 8, 2006 my brother Clayton C. Smith passed away. I was not told, I did not attend his funeral as I did not know he had passed.

9 days later my Mother passed away, then my older brother Calvin H. Smith who is also Personal Representive of Mother's will and Trustee of my Special Needs Trust told me Clay had passed too. He told Clay's wife not to tell me Clay had died. So when Calvin told me Mother had died, he then told me Clay, my brother had died too 9 days before, shock is all I can say, I loved both of them very much and the void will never be filled. How I made it through all that I don't know. Calvin told me he would go see lawyer about will by his self, I now know why and divide Moms bank assets between himself and me, I was not even paying attention as I had lost my Mom and brother in 9 days. I lived behind mother's house in a small travel tralior, so we put everything in my name, power, utilities, etc.

Calvin left one day to go to bank and close Moms account and came back and told me mother had 27,000 dollars in bank and I did not need any of it and he had debts to pay off so he wired all the money to his account in VA. Sounded funny to me but I was still in shock about Mom and Clay. I would find out later talking to others he was glad they both were dead and wondered while I was still breathing, less money for him while I was still alive, At the time he came back from bank and told me he sent money to Virgina, all I knew was he was all the family I had so I said nothing to him about money. At this time I knew nothing about him being happy about everyone passing to make him more money.

During the time he was here I put his name on my bank account in place of Mother's, at the time I thought I could trust him, I know better now. Had to close account to get his name off it and reopen another.

Talk about taking the money and running, 4 days after Mom died he left, I remmember comming in Mom's house to try and figure out what was happening. I tried not to think about Mom and Clay and looked around me at house, what a mess, I don't mean things were messy, just old. The house was built in 1958, Mom bought it in 1968. Nothing has been done to house except it has new rolled roof 3 years ago. It's like I never saw it since my brain operation or I was not paying attention to how bad a shape it was in since I was in bad shape too and Mother never said anything. The first time I took a shower the water was all brown or rusty or something, 3 quarters of the windows had nothing on them, covering them, the bedrooms (2) had sheets for curtains. Well I knew I was in a mess as I can hardly walk, hardly talk, hardly see, memory loss alot, panic attacks all the time, don't dream, when I sleep it's just black, no balance, no death perception, well the list goes on and on.

To make a long story short, after I told my older brother Calvin I would write his boss and tell him what Calvin had done concerning Mom's bank account money, he, as at that time he was still on my bank account, put 13,000 dollars in my bank accont and then E-mailed me and told me.

I was afraid he would have second thoughts and withdrew the money he sent, in the long run I guess that was smart as he wired himself 500.00 out of my account before I had his name removed from account.

So he's not family to me either, I have none now, am single, no kids, no relatives.

I am very sorry to the VA as this all happened so quickly plus the brain operation, well it's a mess, but please I do not want to lose my VA pension as that is all I have, every penny that was spent was necessary. To show how dum I am about all this I had no ideal I had done anything wrong until I read on some VA Forums, then I knew I should get in touch with you.

The will is in probate now, My mothers name is J Smith, retired from Civil Service, died in Panama City, FL (Bay County) on 17 August 2006.

I have copy of will, some receipts for:

1-computer to automattically have all my bills deducted directly from bank account you put pension check in.

Receipt for waters pipes inside and out.

Receipt for carpet and blinds, the cheapest Lowes had.

Receipt for eyeglasses and examination, I did not know the VA covered this but I would have had to pay anyway as my sister in law is my caregiver and she is in her 70's and can not see to at night to drive to Montgomery ALA to the nearest Veterans Hospital, have a backup caregiver too, one of Mom's friends.

Receipt for consulting with lawyer over will.

There are more but I don't remmember where they are at.

I do not want to do anything more to house than I have to as will says upon my death it will go to my brother Calvin. I do not want to do anything that would be beneficial to him.

There is a old 1991 car of Mom's under carport, I can't drive but lawyer who made will said it is in my trust that half of it is mine and half Calvins, I am not getting rid of it as I want house to look lived in.

The house is going to have to have all new windows and screens. The windows in here now are 50 years old, do not roll out, most are nailed shut and cracked, air comes in around all of them, I know this is going to cost alot, should I pay for it out of money I have left of Mom's, it's not the VA's reponsibility.

Anyway, please get this where it belongs and they can write me at --------------------

My name is C Smith

SSN:

Thank you very much and I am sorry for all this, I don't know whats what?