Here is some good news!!!

[VSR]

Did you have him sign the waiver of due process?  Also, did the waiver explicitly acknowledge the Brady Handgun act that prohibits him from owning/purchasing/transporting firearms and ammunition?

[new57]

Yes, my dad did sign the waiver.

No on the second question. Why is that important?

I am not that overally concerned with the waiver; because the 60 day deadline is coming up soon, and they will rate him incompent in any case.

Thanks for your expertise in explaining this process.

[VSR]

The problem with the Brady Bill is that if we don't receive a waiver specific to that issue, we're required by law to call the claimant and explain to them over the phone what the Brady Bill is.  Usually waiving this saves a week or so since most of the time we can't get a hold of the claimant (since they are incompetent) and we are required to try 3 times over the course of 3 days before giving up.

[new57]

Oh, ok.
 
They actually called him weeks ago, right before the award letter went out.

I posted that in a earlier post. Both Debbie and I could not understand why they called to explain that to him.

Very interesting, and thanks for the explantion into VA procedures for incompentency.

[VSR]

Oh ok good to hear.  Yeah, we HATE having to do that call.  It serves no real purpose, wastes our time and often confuses/upsets the claimant.  I always try to solicit for a waiver of due process and do the brady bill at the same time so we don't need to make that call.