38 C.F.R. § 13.55 Veterans Service Center Manager to select and appoint or recommend for appointment the person or legal entity to receive Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in a fiduciary capacity.
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
(a) Authority. The Veterans Service Center Manager is authorized to select and appoint (or in the case of a court-appointed fiduciary, to recommend for appointment) the person or legal entity best suited to receive Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in a fiduciary capacity for a beneficiary who is mentally ill (incompetent) or under legal disability by reason of minority or court action, and beneficiary's dependents. (b) Payees. Authorized payees include: (1) The beneficiary (§13.56(c)); (2) The beneficiary under supervision (supervised direct payment) (§13.56 (a) and (b)); (3) The wife or husband of an incompetent veteran (§13.57); (4) The legal custodian of a beneficiary's Department of Veterans Affairs benefits (§13.58); (5) A court-appointed fiduciary of a beneficiary (§13.59); (6) The chief officer of the institution in which the veteran is receiving care and treatment (§13.61); (7) The bonded officer of an Indian reservation (§13.62); (8) A custodian-in-fact of the beneficiary (§13.63); (9) Dependents of the veteran by an apportioned award (§13.70). (c) Certification. The Veterans Service Center Manager's certification is authority to make payments to the designated payee. [40 FR 54247, Nov. 21, 1975]
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 13—VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES
§ 13.55 Veterans Service Center Manager to select and appoint or recommend for appointment the person or legal entity to receive Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in a fiduciary capacity.
