{"id":180582,"date":"2026-03-19T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=180582"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:43:19","slug":"va-cleared-to-appoint-legal-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=180582","title":{"rendered":"VA Cleared to Appoint Legal Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VA awarded authority to appoint legal guardians for impaired veterans<\/h3>\n

By Patricia Kime<\/strong><\/p>\n

An agreement between the Justice Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs allows the VA to put veterans under guardianship if they are unable to make their own health care decisions.<\/p>\n

A memorandum of understanding announced last week by the department gives VA attorneys the legal authority to enter into state court guardianships or conservatorship proceedings in cases where veterans don\u2019t have family or legal representation to determine medical treatment.<\/p>\n

VA officials say the process will help hundreds of veterans hospitalized at VA facilities who are unable to transition to more appropriate settings.
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\nCarl Blake, CEO of Paralyzed Veterans of America, said court-ordered guardianships or conservatorships could result in a veteran\u2019s loss of rights or lead to unnecessary institutionalization.<\/p>\n

Blake asked how the VA previously met the needs of incapacitated veterans and whether they would have access to their own legal representation \u2014 paid for by the VA \u2014 if necessary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m from the Government, I’m here to help.” Which is it? VA Watchdogs please keep a very close eye on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VA awarded authority to appoint legal guardians for impaired veterans By Patricia Kime An agreement between the Justice Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs allows the VA to put veterans under guardianship if they are unable to make their own health care decisions. A memorandum of understanding announced last week by the department gives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-pentagon","category-veteran-health-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-KYC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}