Aid and Attendance

2012 Aid and Attendance Rates

2012 Aid and Attendance Rates Is it really true that after two years of no increase in the VA aid and attendance benefit, veterans will now see an increase in the 2012 aid and attendance rates? It appears the rumors will tun out to be true! The 2012 Aid and Attendance Rates will increase per [...]

2012 Aid and Attendance Rates is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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How To Apply For VA Benefits

This discussion of how to apply for VA benefits will focus on the non-service connected disability pension benefit with aid and attendance entitlement. To start the discussion of how to apply for VA benefits we have listed below the #1 item you will need: Your Discharge Record Document The first thing when considering how to [...]

How To Apply For VA Benefits is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Aid and Assistance

Many people look for aid and assistance instead of aid and attendance when they seek information about this VA disability benefit. It is a common mistake and one that is very easy to make. Lets face it, aid and attendance seems like a really weird name for a non-service connected disability benefit that is meant [...]

Aid and Assistance is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Veteran With A Sick Spouse

There is a benefit from the VA for a veteran with a sick spouse. It is however, not the aid and attendance benefit. The aid and attendance benefit is not really a benefit in and of itself. It is rather an entitlement attached with the non-service connected disability pension benefit. If you, the veteran, are [...]

Veteran With A Sick Spouse is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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WWII Merchant Marines Aid and Attendance

Yes, WWII Merchant Marines or their widowed surviving spouse is indeed eligible for the VA Aid and Attendance Benefit. Documentation of their service is available through the Coast Guard.

WWII Merchant Marines Aid and Attendance is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Aid and Attendance Benefit Rates For 2011

2011 brings yet another year with no increase in the VA aid and attendance benefit checks. By federal law, the cost-of-living adjustments to the VA’s disability pension and compensation benefits is tied to the Social Security Administrations cost-of-living-adjustments. The consumer price index is the factor used by the Social Security Administartion to consider if any [...]

Aid and Attendance Benefit Rates For 2011 is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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VA Benefits For Assisted Living

Many people think that there is a VA benefit that will pay for their costs of Assisted Living. The correct answer to this question is yes and no. Here is what we mean by that answer: The VA has a benefit available for veterans or their un-remarried widowed surviving spouse that provides a pension benefit [...]

VA Benefits For Assisted Living is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Types of Annuities Used in VA Planning

By: Dale Krause – With more and more elder law attorneys expanding their practices to include Veterans Aid & Attendance benefits planning, I have seen countless self-dubbed “VA Planning Specialists” offering their services. A large amount of VA plans fail in that many insurance agents do not understand the applicable Medicaid rules, or sometimes even [...]

Types of Annuities Used in VA Planning is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Veterans Day 2010

November is both Family Caregiver Support Month and the month in which we honor veterans of the armed services. If you are caring for a veteran, it’s important to be aware of the benefits to which the person may be entitled as a result of their service. For example, health benefits may be available for [...]

Veterans Day 2010 is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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F-O-C-U-S Project

Have you heard about this fantastic service? It is a service initiated by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). The FOCUS Project addresses concerns related to parental combat operational stress injuries and combat-related physical injuries by providing state-of-the-art family resiliency services to military children and families at designated Navy and Marine Corps sites. In [...]

F-O-C-U-S Project is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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VA Benefit COLA Email Hoax

The Military Officers Association of America has warned that an e-mail which incorrectly claims that new legislation will dramatically increase veterans’ disability compensation. Often this bogus email claims that some benefits could increase by more than 100 percent in certain circumstances. Unfortunately, the claim about H.R. 4667, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Act of 2010 is [...]

VA Benefit COLA Email Hoax is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Aid And Attendance Pension Benefit

Are you looking for the aid and attendance pension benefit? This phrase is just one of many ways people refer to the non-service connected disability pension benefit with aid and attendance entitlement. Shorter and sweeter right? The reason many people don’t apply for this benefit is because of the word pension. Pension to most of [...]

Aid And Attendance Pension Benefit is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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eBenefits

A new website called eBenefits is an online service jointly offered by the VA and Department of Defense. It has over 100 links to resources but it is clear to see that it was built by a governmental entity. That means it tries to give everyone everything they but in doing so it makes it [...]

eBenefits is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Japan Finally Officially Apologizes

TOKYO — Japan’s foreign minister apologized Monday for that suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States and mentioned they have been treated inhumanely. The six POWs, their relatives as well as the daughters of two males who died are the first group of U.S. POWs [...]

Japan Finally Officially Apologizes is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

VA Disability Compensation

What Exactly Is VA Disability Compensation? Disability compensation is a benefit paid out to a veteran on account of wounds, accidental injuries or perhaps diseases which occurred while the veteran was on active duty. It also applies if an existing condition has been worsened through active armed forces service. Additionally it is paid out to [...]

VA Disability Compensation is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Veterans Aid And Attendance Pension Program

Veterans aid and attendance pension program confusion. Many people get the wrong answers from the VA when seeking assistance for an elderly veteran. They hear about programs and call the VA or Veterans Service offices inquiring about what benefits may be available. More often than not they are asked a basic question: Was the veteran [...]

Veterans Aid And Attendance Pension Program is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Department Of Veteran Affairs – Support our Soldiers

We sing songs about our freedom We always keep them in our prayers We wave our flags and bow our heads Support our Soldiers over there But all across this nation Probably right in your home town There’s a group of weary Soldiers With their world turned upside down We asked them for their lives [...]

Department Of Veteran Affairs – Support our Soldiers is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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Veteran With A Sick Spouse

Senior Assisted Living Facilities

Many families don’t realize that there is a VA benefit that can provide a benefit that will pay a portion of the senior assisted living facilities costs. This financial aid benefit is called the aid and attendance benefit. Actually, it is officially the non-service connected disability pension benefit. If the veteran is housebound and needs [...]

Senior Assisted Living Facilities is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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A Tribute To A Fallen Navy Hero – Mike Monsoor

A Tribute To A Fallen Navy Hero The Sailor Pictured Is MIKE MONSOOR Navy Petty Officer, PO2 (Petty Officer, Second Class) EOD2 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Second Class) April 5th, 1981 ~ September 29th, 2009 Mike Monsoor Was Awarded “The Congressional Medal Of Honor” Last Week, For Giving His Life In Iraq , As He Jumped [...]

A Tribute To A Fallen Navy Hero – Mike Monsoor is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

Assisted Living For Seniors

Assisted living for seniors involve a very large number of veterans or their widowed surviving spouse that may not be aware of the VA’s aid & attendance benefit. This benefit can make the cost of assisted living for seniors more affordable. In many cases, the VA disability benefit may be the factor that makes the [...]

Assisted Living For Seniors is from the Aid and Attendance Handbook site.

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