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HRD-82-1 1 (1982-02-10)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

Report To The Chairman

Committee On Veterans' Affairs

House Of Representatives

OF THE UNITED STATES


Legislation Needed To Prevent

Loss Of Millions From Mentally

Incompetent Veterans' Estates


An estimated $541 million accumulated from
VA benefits for mentally incompetent veter-
ans could be unprotected from claims by rel-
atives other than spouses, children, and de-
pendent parents. Although the Congress
passed legislation in 1959 to prevent certain
claims, the restrictions do not apply to most
estates.
GAO recommends that legislation be enacted
to prevent all other relatives from inheriting
estates of mentally incompetent veterans and
that VA's accounting procedures be revised.


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       HRD-82-1
FEBRUARY 10, 1982


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