The Secretary must pay back a benefit a fiduciary misused
What the document says“In any case in which a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary, the Secretary shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of such benefit so misused.”
Paragraph (1) of the new subsection (a). Where a fiduciary misuses all or part of a benefit paid to that fiduciary for an individual, the Secretary is to pay the beneficiary, or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary, an amount equal to the amount misused. The paragraph attaches no condition to the duty beyond the misuse itself.
What the document actually says“In any case in which a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary, the Secretary shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of such benefit so misused.”
A helper takes care of money for a veteran. If the helper steals it, the VA must pay it back. The VA pays the veteran or a new helper.
Some veterans do not handle their own money. A court or the VA picks someone to do it. This rule says what happens when that person steals.
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