Award Letter received but question about fiduciay

[nintu]

First, many thanks to everyone here for all your helpful suggestions and advice.  I applied for veteran's benefits for my mother -- a WWII vet -- back in March and we just received a letter from the VA awarding her $1644.00 a month.

However, the letter also stated that they have rated her "incompetent for VA purposes", based on information provided by her doctors (one of them stated short-term memory loss on Form 21-2680).  They will not release benefits to her until they have appointed a fiduciary.

What does this mean?  And how does the VA go about doing that and how long does it take?

I have Power of Attorney for my mother's medical and financial affairs.  Is it possible for me to apply to become her fiduciary?  If so, how do I do that?

Again, many thanks for all you do...
Nancy
in California

[emce48]

go to this link ..from an earllier post here on fiduciary process

http://veteranaid.org/forums/index.php/topic,831.0.html

[vetadmin]

Nancy,

I'm glad that we have been able to help you with this process, and that your mom is receiving the pension.

There should be a form included with the letter that you can fill out applying to be appointed as her Fiduciary.  If not follow the link above.

[jpez]

I was recently told by a Employee at the VA 800 #, that the vet can file out a 'statement of claim' form stating that his wife can be his fiduciary.  He said that instead of waiting for the VA to get around to the process, the vet can be pro-active and request someone. The wife also filled in a 'statemente of claim' echoing her qualifications.