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Ninth Circuit Holds VA Benefits can Be Used to Help Pay for Incompetent Veteran's Subsistence
The Ninth Circuit has held that the Veteran's Benefits Act, which makes benefits earned by United states military veterans "exempt from the claims of creditors" (38 U.S.C. § 5301 (a) (1)), does not prohibit direct payments of an incompetent veteran's VA benefits to a state hospital for ongoing patient care. ...
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