Hi there, this is a copy of what I posted quite a while ago. "Started a discussion 7/10/2014 at 12:42 pm My Mom received her VA Aid and Attendance award letter! Hi there, I'm only putting this as a discussion because I have seen past inquiries regarding the length of time it took. We originally sent in our application in November of 2013. I'm the daughter, and I was applying for the surviving spousal benefits for my mother I did it all on my own right down to printing out the application off of the internet. Mom had been living with me, and we were originally denied, but I sent in an appeal after my mother moved to assisted living in April. I received the award letter on July 8th, 2014. She received the maximum entitlement amount, and it says her effective date is November 25, 2013..and that she should receive her retroactive check within 15 days. This is so wonderful for mom, and will keep her in a private room a little longer.
Hello, I applied for moms a&a benefits. I did the application myself and took it to the local va office in order to have a face to face rep i could call if necessary. Mom received first ckeck in 3 months. I wrote out my entire process step by step, it hopes that it would help others. Find my contact info on my profile page. Glad to help when i can
Hello Weeone, The VA tells you to expect 9-12 months with their goal being 4 months. This is a big improvement, they used to tell you to expect 12 - 18 months :)
We applied for my Mother from my Father's service and it took about 6 months but that was several years ago. I would presume all the other posts are more accurate today than mine. I would suggest though going to one of the VA Hospitals in person to do it or at least to follow-up.
A spouse who remarries a non veteran is usually non eligible for the benefit.
The VA is proposing some very draconian changes, and has not Except for a January 23, 2015 notice in the federal register, made the intentions widely available to those who need to know.
A medicaid recipient in a nursing home will recieve a monthly allowance of about $90.00 for 'personal maintenance'
once a person is on medicaid and in a nursing home the highest monthly award is 90.00 and that replaces the $60.00 medicaid would have paid as monthly stipend. Since medicaid and VA benefits are both considered federal help, you can only receive one not both. If a person is private pay in nursing home and they want VA help to cover cost that will not happen. The applicant cannot have more than 60,000 in assent to apply for A&A benefits. Since that is the case at the going rate of 7-8 thousand dollars a month a person would spend down and qualify for medicaid in less than 9 months and at that time VA would stop paying the 1149.00 maxium award and only pay the 90.00 stipend. So you have to decide is it worth the 30.00 extra a month, perhaps but everyone has to make that decision. Balance the time v/ the payout. Now if a person is in an adult foster home for the aged as my mother is, the cost is 3000.00 a month so the VA benefits will help us stretch her money and keep her out of nursing home and off medicaid for a few years. Also when she was at home the benefits helped defray the cost of caregivers. And yes the process is moving much faster now, except when it comes to back payments that have to be administered be a feduciary, we have yet to hear from them to set that up. My rep say at least 6 month backlog.
My Mom received her VA Aid and Attendance award letter!
Hi there, I'm only putting this as a discussion because I have seen past inquiries regarding the length of time it took. We originally sent in our application in November of 2013. I'm the daughter, and I was applying for the surviving spousal benefits for my mother I did it all on my own right down to printing out the application off of the internet. Mom had been living with me, and we were originally denied, but I sent in an appeal after my mother moved to assisted living in April. I received the award letter on July 8th, 2014. She received the maximum entitlement amount, and it says her effective date is November 25, 2013..and that she should receive her retroactive check within 15 days. This is so wonderful for mom, and will keep her in a private room a little longer.
Congratulations!
The VA tells you to expect 9-12 months with their goal being 4 months. This is a big improvement, they used to tell you to expect 12 - 18 months :)
The VA is proposing some very draconian changes, and has not Except for a January 23, 2015 notice in the federal register, made the intentions widely available to those who need to know.
A medicaid recipient in a nursing home will recieve a monthly allowance of about $90.00 for 'personal maintenance'
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