Post Service Officer
"Aid and Attendance".
Regardless of your personal status, consider passing this along to all veterans, families of veterans or individuals with veterans in their family.
"Aid and Attendance" is an underutilized special monthly pension benefit offered by the Veterans Administration for veterans and surviving spouses who require in-home care or live in nursing homes.
To qualify, a veteran (for the surviving spouse) must have served at least 90 days of active military service, one day of which is during a period of war, and must be discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. https://www.va.gov/pension/aid-attendance-housebound/
The veteran's benefit is $18,234 annually (paid monthly) and increases to $21,615 if a veteran has one dependent. The surviving spouse alone is $11,715 annually.
For more information regarding VA Pension Benefits, call 1-800-827-1000
Visit http://www.va.gov/ (type "Aid and Attendance" in the search block), or contact your local VA office.
- The VA Websites for this program can be found in the above links. Unlike typical disability compensation, and as an alternative, this is an income based program. There are certain caveats to the program; VA provides clear instructions regarding what items are considered countable towards income and what is not included.
For those of you that have researched the various web sites and continue to have questions, you may want to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC, at 202-263-2985. Anyone in this office is available to answer your concerns.
Other VA websites available to research are:
Post 1799 Service Officer - Contact Jay Little, (703) 220-2247, [email protected]
Phone Numbers
eBenefits General Questions & Technical Issues
1-800-983-0937 (8 a.m.-8 p.m. EST)
Veterans Affairs Benefits & Services
1-800-827-1000, select option 7
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
DMDC Support Center
1-800-477-8227
DMDC Support Center Login Issues
1-800-372-7437
MyHealtheVet Help Desk
1-877-327-0022
Inquiry Routing & Information System (IRIS)
For a list of frequently used phone numbers, visit www.va.gov. Click "Contact Us."
For Questions, search the Frequently Asked Questions or click on Ask a Question at https://iris.custhelp.com.
Websites
eBenefits
www.ebenefits.va.gov
Burial and Memorial Benefits
www.cem.va.gov
CHAMPVA
www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/forbeneficiaries.asp
DS Logon Site
www.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/authenticate.do?execution=e1s1
Education Benefits
www.gibill.va.gov
Federeal Jobs
www.usajobs.gov
Health Care Eligibility
www.va.gov/health benefits
Home Loan Guaranty
www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans
Life Insurance
www.insurance.va.gov
Memorial Certificate Program
www.cem.va.gov/pmc.asp
Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.va.gov
My HealtheVet
www.myhealth.va.gov
National Resource Directory
www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov
Prosthetics
www.prosthetics.va.gov
Records
www.archives.gov/st-stlouis/military-personnel
Returning Service Members
www.oefoif.va.gov
VA Vet Centers
www vetcenter.va.gov
VA Home Page
www.va.gov
VA Benefit Payment Rates
www.vba.va.gov/bin/21/rates
VA Forms
www.va.gov/vaforms
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
www.dol.gov/vets
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
www.vetsuccess.gov
Women Veterans
www.womenshealth.va.gov
Are you getting all of your Social Security Benefits - as a US veteran?
Go to: https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/military.html for the details.
Special Extra Earnings for Military Service
The Commonwealth of Virginia provides the Department of Veterans Services. Three Veterans Service Representatives are located in the Manassas Benefits Office (Old Town Manassas). Our veterans are invited to contact the Veteran Service Representatives directly. See the following website for contact information and schedule.
(703) 479-7437
No Veteran Should Be Without a Place to Call Home
Free Help for Homeless Veterans Dial 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838) for 24/7 access VA’s services for homeless and at-risk Veterans
Homeless Veteran Chat Confidential, 24/7 online support for homeless Veterans and friends
DIAL 988 then PRESS 1
To start your journey of veterans benefits available through the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, here is your website:
Filing a VA Disability Claim for Compensation
When filing a claim for disability compensation, you must first satisfy five basic requirements or elements of a claim to be successful. All claims for compensation must cover these five basic elements. Include these five elements in your personal statement that you submit with your claim.
These five elements are:
1.
Veteran’s Status
Veteran’s Status 2.Existence if a disability
Existence if a disability 3.A connection between the Veteran’s service and the disability
A connection between the Veteran’s service and the disability 4.The degree of the disability
The degree of the disability 5.Effective date of the disability
Effective date of the disabilityFrequently used VA Forms: www.va.gov/forms
* Initial filing form 21-526EZ
* GI Bill Benefits form 22-1990 & 22-1995
* Apply For Health Benefits 10-10EZ
James L. (Jay) Little III
Post Service Officer (PSO)
AL Post 1799
Haymarket, Va. 20169
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