The VA aid and attendance benefit is officially the “Non-Service Connected Disability Pension Benefit with Aid and Attendance Entitlement.”
There are million of veterans and widowed spouses of war-time veterans who struggle with a disability (such as from advanced aging for example) that do not realize they may be leaving thousands of dollars on the table.
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Have You Checked To See If You Meet The
5 Eligibility Criteria For The VA Aid and Attendance Benefit?
You may not even know that you could be getting up to $2,020 each and every month from the VA.
The VA aid and attendance benefit provides millions, if not tens of millions of American war-time veterans and their widowed surviving spouses with financial assistance.
Just think of how much extra money each month from the VA aid and attendance benefit could help you or an elderly loved one.
Here Are The VA Aid and Attendance 5 Eligibility Criteria:
- The veteran needs to have served 90 days of active duty with at least 1 day during an officially recognized time of war.
- The veteran does not have to seen combat or served overseas.
- The veteran must have been discharged with any status except dishonorable.
- The VA aid and attendance benefit is a NON-Service connected pension benefit.
- Therefore the veteran’s disability DOES NOT have to be related to his/her service for the VA aid and attendance benefit.
- The veteran or widowed surviving spouse needs to no longer be able to drive.
- This is how the VA classifies you as being housebound.
- You need this to qualify for the VA aid and attendance entitlement of this benefit.
- The veteran or widowed surviving spouse needs to provide the VA with a doctor’s evaluation that states they need assistance with at least one primary ADL. ADL stands for Activities of Daily Living.
- Don’t worry. You don’t have to use a VA doctor. You can use your own physician.
- And, a pre-printed form is available to use.
- Primary ADL’s include bathing, grooming, hygiene and attending to needs of nature
- A dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis meets the medical need requirement.
- Persons who are legally blind also typically meet the medical requirement.
- Watch for pride issues with the elderly not admitting to ADL needs to the doctor.
- Total household liquid assets should be less than $80,000.
- Household means the veteran and any dependent’s assets.
- Liquid includes stocks, bonds, annuity, bank accounts & retirement accounts.
- It does not include the primary home, vehicles or personal property.
- Except, any collectible vehicles or artwork is considered in liquid assets.
- Vacation homes, time-shares and rental properties are considered liquid assets.
The VA Aid and Attendance Final Eligibility Criteria
- The “countable adjusted household income” needs to be below the stated thresholds
Okay. Now What?
This is the toughest criteria to understand:
- Household means the veteran and any dependent’s assets.
- Add up all income (social security, pension, interest, dividends, etc).
- Subtract from this total “qualified medical/care expenses”.
- Qualified medical/care expenses are non-reimbursed costs such as:
- Medical insurance premiums
- Medicare Part B and D premiums
- Cost for oxygen services
- Medical office visit co-payments
- Prescription co-payments
- Home Care service cost
- Assisted Living facility cost
- These are the most common. Others may exist for you.
Ideally they should be recurring expenses for continued eligibility.
Your “countable household income” is the remaining amount or zero if negative.
You may qualify for the VA Aid and Attendance benefit. There is only one way to be certain for sure if you qualify for the VA Aid and Attendance benefit:
If You Meet The First 4 Criteria Get The Free Worksheet To Find Out How Much The VA Will Pay You
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If you meet the first 4 criteria, the amount of VA aid and attendance benefit you will receive from the VA is calculated as follows:
1. Subtract the “countable household income” from the appropriate benefit threshold.
- For Single or Widowed Veterans the threshold is $1,704 per month.
- For a Veteran with a spouse the threshold is $2,020 per month.
- For a widowed surviving spouse the threshold is $1,094 per month.
The benefit amount payable each month is equal to the difference between the appropriate threshold and the “countable household income”.
If the “countable household income” is negative then the VA aid and attendance benefit amount is the threshold amount.
You Just May Need The
VA Aid and Attendance Handbook
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