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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.

(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.

Code of Federal Regulations

[40 FR 54247, Nov. 21, 1975]

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