Q: My fiancee is keeping my VA disability check from me and trying to use it as her own income.
She will not allow me use of my disability check that's deposited in her account. I'm a combat vet with memory loss and PTSD which is why I've set it up to go in an account that she has access to. I cannot get my money from her and she keeps trying to haggle me by trying to give me half of it. I don't want to to get feds involved, but I'm not able to get access to my funds and it been almost a week since a deposit from the Treasury got into my account. What can I do?
A: You must get the VA involved and remove her as the attorney in fact, caregiver, payee, etc. It is possible some VA recognized individual will take over for you unless you have a good alternative payee in mind. Ultimately you may want to resume getting your VA Disability Check yourself again.
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