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Started this in March 2022. I went to local veterans services at my county. The agent helped me with the forms. One form was incomplete, fixed resent through vet svcs. They denied saying she has too much assets. Local guy said VA did it wrong. Applied again. Was in the decision phase for 6 mo. Told after so much time passed needed to update med expenses. Then told to update assets (which are going down. She will be on Medicaid in a few months). Now told no based on the orig form incomplete and the 2nd form also incomplete. And there is a discrepancy in assets now. I am in tears. My mother is 90.5. had heart attack in ALF last June. Been on hospice since. Her status puts her file in expedited status. I did everything they told me. I keep going back to local guy assuming he knows how to do this application. The only difference in assets is that they are going down having completely cashed out one account. We don't use my mom's money for anything but ALF and medical bills. She has no assets except IRA and investments. No property etc. My brother pays her bills and keeps track. It is a miracle she is still alive. She is down to 90lb. Advanced dementia. Doesn't hardly talk. Sorry I am so upset.

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We got help from the local VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and they had volunteers to help with the paperwork. You don't have to be a member of the VFW. They seemed more effective than the actual VA staff and it didn't cost anything.
The key to getting benefits is to document everything. They even had me write a letter about how my spouse's health affected both him and myself.
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I would forget it now if Mom will be on Medicaid in the next couple of months. You can't have both A&A and Medicaid. Medicaid pays higher of the two, I applied while Mom was in an AL. I got her paperwork back something about 13k too high. No real explanation. When I applied she was bringing in 1700 a month and had 48k in the bank which went down 5k each month. Which they should have been very aware of. When she was down to 20k and the house did not sell, I placed her in LTC. The 20k paid for 2 months and in those 2 months the cost of her care spent her down. I confirmed Medicaid had gotten all info needed from me and the 3rd month she was on Medicaid.
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Aid & Attendance stops once Medicaid kicks in anyway. Medicaid pays for all mom's care w/o A&A being a factor.

Good luck to you
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