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VA Benefits- Are you Missing Out?
VA Benefits are like dining out where you have a coupon for a free dinner if you pay for one dinner, and then forgetting you have that coupon. The Veteran has already paid but may forget or not realize he or she has something more coming. The VA benefits may be in your pocket if you just qualify for them and then apply for them.
Wouldn’t it be nice if your Mom or Dad could find a coupon worth an extra $1,056 to $1,949 each month to help pay for the assisted living bill? Two of these benefits the veteran may be entitled to include a VA Disability Pension, or VA Disability Compensation, two different benefits. The VA Disability Pension is paid to wartime veteran who has limited or no income, and who is at least 65, or who is permanently and totally disabled. The VA Disability Compensation is paid to a veteran because of injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service. It is also paid to certain veterans disabled from VA health care. Veterans who are more seriously disabled may qualify for increased benefits based on Aid and Attendance or being Housebound. The veteran’s survivors also may be entitled to benefits such as VA Dependents Compensation. This is a benefit payable to survivors of a serviceman or woman who died while on active duty or died from service-related disability. Survivors also are entitled if the veteran was receiving 100% disability compensation at time of death. Other benefits for survivors include a VA Death Pension, a VA Parents Pension, and other compensation for specific needs such as burial expenses, clothing allowance, and other needs.
Future articles will discuss eligibility and qualification for benefits ; what we do to help folks qualify for them; and integrating VA benefits with Medicaid planning.
It’s best to know about these things sooner rather than later:
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A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own
childhood was like: “We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing
made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our
pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods.” The little girl was
wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, “I sure wish I’d
gotten to know you sooner!”
