Vet­er­ans Benefits

You served our coun­try hon­or­ably.  You deserve to receive the ben­e­fits the Vet­er­ans Admin­is­tra­tion has set aside exclu­sively for those vet­er­ans who are (i) over 65 years of age, and (ii) home­bound, or in need of assisted/supportive liv­ing or a nurs­ing home.

Vet­er­ans and their spouses may be eli­gi­ble for spe­cial monthly pen­sions, if they can prove that their med­ical expenses are more than a cer­tain level of income and assets.  For many vet­er­ans and their spouses who are just get­ting by on social secu­rity and  with­draw­ing as lit­tle as pos­si­ble from their retire­ment money, the sig­nif­i­cant monthly stipend from the VA can make a major dif­fer­ence in their qual­ity of life.

Depend­ing on your spe­cific cir­cum­stances, our plan­ning can help you dou­ble or triple the time you can afford to live in an assisted liv­ing facil­ity, while still pre­serv­ing Med­ic­aid eli­gi­bil­ity, if a future nurs­ing home stay is needed.

The truth is that this is a tricky area of law.  To receive the Vet­er­ans Administration’s Aid & Atten­dance ben­e­fits, you have to meet cer­tain income and asset restric­tions.  Unlike Med­ic­aid, asset trans­fers do not count against you in assess­ing whether you meet the require­ments.  How­ever, most seniors requir­ing assisted liv­ing ben­e­fits will require a nurs­ing home stay in the future.  The asset trans­fer that was per­mis­si­ble for the VA Aid & Atten­dance ben­e­fits will now count against you when assess­ing your eli­gi­bil­ity for Med­ic­aid benefits.

You deserve to have some­one who focuses on these issues every­day to assist you in eval­u­at­ing your sit­u­a­tion and help­ing you max­i­mize your assets and income for the longest period of time.

Unfor­tu­nately, too many vet­er­ans believe that gov­ern­ment ben­e­fits are only avail­able if they were wounded in com­bat or if their dis­abil­ity is related to their ser­vice.  That’s sim­ply not true.

You have hon­or­ably served our coun­try.  Your coun­try rec­og­nizes that.  Let us help you under­stand your options and put a plan in place that is forward-looking and pre­serves all of your options for the future.  Call our office to sched­ule a no-cost, con­fi­den­tial consultation.