When an application is filed for the appointment of a conservator for an incompetent veteran, a certificate of the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary’s authorized representative that such person has been rated incompetent by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the department and that appointment of a conservator is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such veteran by the department shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 27-129

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.