Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2023

This bill amends federal law to ensure veterans' benefits paid to a deceased beneficiary are redirected to their estate or rightful heirs, rather than to a fiduciary who misused those funds. It requires the VA to pay benefits first to the veteran's estate, then to a successor fiduciary managing the estate, and finally to a court-determined inheritor. Crucially, the VA cannot pay any benefits under this process to a fiduciary found to have misused the veteran's funds. The policy directly affects veterans' estates, heirs, and fiduciaries managing veterans' benefits, preventing misappropriation of funds after a veteran's death.