[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR13.55]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 13_VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, FIDUCIARY 
 
Sec.  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 (Sec.  13.56(c));
    (2) The beneficiary under supervision (supervised direct payment) 
(Sec.  13.56 (a) and (b));
    (3) The wife or husband of an incompetent veteran (Sec.  13.57);
    (4) The legal custodian of a beneficiary's Department of Veterans 
Affairs benefits (Sec.  13.58);
    (5) A court-appointed fiduciary of a beneficiary (Sec.  13.59);
    (6) The chief officer of the institution in which the veteran is 
receiving care and treatment (Sec.  13.61);
    (7) The bonded officer of an Indian reservation (Sec.  13.62);
    (8) A custodian-in-fact of the beneficiary (Sec.  13.63);
    (9) Dependents of the veteran by an apportioned award (Sec.  13.70).
    (c) Certification. The Veterans Service Center Manager's 
certification is authority to make payments to the designated payee.

[40 FR 54247, Nov. 21, 1975]