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B-226018 1 (1987-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States A Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Survivor Benefit Plan - Incapacitated Annuitants File: B-226018 Date: March 18, 1987 DIGEST 1. Survivor Benefit Plan annuitants should not be considered incompetent, and in need of a court-appointed guardian to manage their annuity payments, solely because they may have a physical handicap or disability. Thus, there is no basis for objecting to benefit payments being sent directly to an annuitant solely because of her impaired vision, since that alone would not render her incompetent to manage her personal financial affairs. 65 Comp. Gen. 621 (1986) clarified. 2. While Alzheimer's disease can cause or lead to mental incompetence, persons diagnosed as having this disease may nevertheless remain competent to manage their personal finan- cial affairs responsibly. There is no basis for objecting to Survivor Benefit Plan payments being made directly to an annuitant who has this disease, unless it is established that the annuitant is actually incompetent, either in competency proceedings in a state court, or otherwise in a statement of professional opinion of a physician or psychologist that the annuitant is incompetent to manage responsibly the amounts due. 62 Comp. Gen. 302, 307-308 (1983) clarified. 3. Survivor Benefit Plan annuitants are not precluded from accepting assistance from other persons in completing and filins annuity application forms. There is consequently no basis for objection to the son of a retired Army colonel's widow filing an annuity application form on her behalf as her agent under a power of attorney, with the request that benefit payments be made directly to her, provided that she is not mentally incompetent. 65 Comp. Gen. 621 (19-86), clarif ied. DECISION The issue presented is whether Survivor Benefit Plan annuitants with physical or psychological problems require

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