Tag Archives: VA Benefits
Veterans’ Benefits And Daily Assistance For Spouses
Benefits for veterans who require assistance with daily activities are available to those who meet the basic requirements for aid and attendance benefits. Aid and attendance benefits are added to a monthly veteran’s pension amount, and cannot be applied for or received separately from the pension. A qualifying veteran can use the aid and… Read More »
Veterans Aid and Attendance Basics
If you are a veteran, or you are the surviving spouse of a veteran, you may be eligible for veterans Aid and Attendance benefits from the Veterans Administration (VA). This benefit is a kind of supplemental pension for certain veterans and surviving spouses. If you have questions about these benefits, it is important to… Read More »
What is Aid and Attendance and How can it Help?
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has some great programs to help elderly veterans, even beyond the typical assistance of other programs like Social Security and Medicare. However, there is a lot of misinformation on the internet, and sometimes clients will approach experienced elder law attorneys in The Villages, asking about applying for… Read More »
Veterans’ Burial Benefits
Often lamented as one of the biggest government bureaucracies in America, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can be quite difficult to navigate. The VA does far more than manage pensions and disability compensations. It offers many other benefits that are far less publicized. For instance, the VA offers reimbursement of burial expenses for… Read More »
