Aid & Attendance and Housebound Benefits are monthly allowances added to your VA pension benefits if you need someone to assist you with daily activities or cannot leave your home because of a disability. The VA allows eligible veterans to apply for just one of these allowances. You cannot re...
If you have a combined VA disability rating of 70 percent or more, you may qualify for individual unemployability. This means that you are compensated at the 100 percent disability rate. You can achieve IU when you have two or more conditions, and at least one of them has a 40 percent ...
If you have a combined VA disability rating of 70 percent or more, you may qualify for individual unemployability. This means that you are compensated at the 100 percent disability rate. You can achieve IU when you have two or more conditions, and at least one of them has a 40 percent ...
Your maximum annual payment rate increases to $2,901.78 per dependent if you have additional dependents. If you are diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer, your 100 percent disability rating will disqualify you for a VA pension because the income from your VA Disability Compensation will be hi...
Disability Benefits: Mesothelioma has a disability rating of 100%, which may qualify eligible veterans for over $3,700 each month, including free or low-cost treatment. Family Members: Family members have various survivor benefits they may qualify for, such as Dependency and Indemnity Compensation...
100 percent disability rating. Not so, it was denied, and I was offered a chance to bring my case before a judge at the Regional VA office in St. Petersburg, FL. This occurred following right knee surgery March 2005. My VA assigned consular advised me not to waste my time coming for ...
Only select VA borrowers are eligible to have the funding fee waived. These include veterans receiving disability compensation; surviving spouses of veterans who died from a service-connected disability; veterans entitled to receive VA compensation for a service-connected disability, but who receive reti...
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It’s even possible to receive a 0% disability rating for certain conditions. This can occur when the VA acknowledges there is a medical condition that occurred while you were in the service, but it isn’t bad enough to warrant a higher rating or disability compensation. ...
A veteran entitled to receive VA compensation for a service-connected disability, but who receives retirement pay or active duty pay A surviving spouse of a veteran who died in active service or from a service-connected disability An active-duty service member who provides, on or before the dat...