If a Veteran’s widowed spouse is residing in her daughter’s home and daughter is providing caregiving services, can the payments under a personal caregiver agreement count as UME? Yes, but there must be an actual money exchange from claimant to daughter and the daughter must claim the income, in her personal tax return. Additionally, to the personal needs contract, many VA adjudicators request an attendant sitter affidavit. To increase your monthly income, please contact us about a FREE HANDBOOK about VA Benefits, written by David Wingate, an accredited VA Attorney, of Senior Life Care Planning, LLC, go to info@seniorlcp.com or…
No. A claimant can have both non-service connected benefits and service connected benefits. However, the claimant must choose one or the other. He/She can go back and forth, but the VA will not pay both benefits at the same time. Service connected A & A can be tacked onto a service connected claim, but it is not the same amounts as NSC pension A & A. To increase your monthly income, please contact us about a FREE HANDBOOK about VA Benefits, written by David Wingate, an accredited VA Attorney, of Senior Life Care Planning, LLC, go to info@seniorlcp.com or…
“My feelings on veterans benefits,” Cleland continued, responding to the Republican pledge to slash them, “they’re all pre-paid. Veterans gave at the office.”
While the rules have changed, attendees will discover that good planning opportunities exist for those who plan ahead, as well as those who are already in a nursing home.
A national program, “Hugo Salutes Our Veterans,” will provide at no charge 36,000 state-of-the-art Hugo Folding Canes to any U.S. Military Veteran in need of mobility assistance.
The VA is reaching out to all Veterans to say ‘thank you for your service’, and to let them know about the health care, benefits and services available to help them meet whatever challenges lie ahead… Each day all across the United States, men and women in uniform return from military service, and we want to do our part to welcome them home. Click Here to see the Commercial Also, in a previous our Blogs, the VA has funds, VA Funds – Pension and Aid & Attendance, , for Veterans to pay for home care and assisted living care, Accredited…
If you don't fit into one of those catagories,as indicated in What ar the co-payments for Veterans (Part 1), the VA will ask you to provide your household income and net worth from the previous year. If your income is below certain thresholds, you will not have to make a copayment. Click here to view the thresholds for income. In addition, you must not have more than $80,000 in property. Those whose income exceeds the threshold or who refuse to submit to the means test may have to make a copayment. Unlike Medicaid, there is no penalty for transferring assets…
There are no costs for certain veterans and low-income veterans. The following veterans are eligible to receive cost-free health care benefits automatically: A service-connected veteran receiving VA compensation benefits A veteran seeking care for a specific service-connected disability Former POWs Purple Heart Medal recipients A veteran with conditions related to exposure to herbicides during the Vietnam-era, ionizing radiation during atmospheric testing, ionizing radiation during the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki A veteran who sustained a service-related condition while serving in the Gulf War, in combat in a war after the Gulf War, or during a period of hostility after November…
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