Sending a Change of Care to the VA

Submitting New Forms when there is a change in care  From: Cindy Pruett <cindy@redoty.com Jun 21, 2017 12:13 pm When a Veteran finally is awarded his pension and then decides he wants to move to another facility. Or move back home with in home care. (same care being provided) Besides a new Care Expense Statement…

NEW JANESVILLE FAX NUMBER (UPDATED NEW FAX NUMBER FOR ALL REGIONS)

From the VisPro listserve (apparently a VA announcement): The Department of Veterans Affairs remains committed to providing Veterans and their families the best service possible. To support this commitment, VA has established a new toll-free Pension Management Center (PMC) fax number, 1-844-655-1604, to simplify the pension claim fax submission process. Previously, Veterans and advocates who…

BEWARE! BEWARE! If you are doing a VA application for a Veteran or Widow

Please beware that the VA is doing computer matching from the following agency. COMPUTER MATCHING NOTICE VA benefits information in your records is or is expected to be matched with the following federal or state agencies to verify the accuracy of the information contained in VA records and/or the records of the other agency. Office…

VA Liberalizing Law Claim

This has to do with the Veteran or surviving spouse getting a years pension payment, prior to application date, IF they qualified for pension the prior year. Example: A year ago, Mom and Dad would have qualified if they had known about the pension, therefore they should get payment back 1 year.  The problem with this is,…

Remarriage by Surviving Spouse

Rule to allow remarried, divorced or widowed spouses to receive VA benefits, if they were going to allow it for one it should be allowed for all. The rule is: Must have been a surviving spouse of Veteran, Veteran died prior to January 1, 1971, Next marriage occurred after January 1, 1971, Marriage terminated prior…

VA Fiduciary Checklist: Things the VA may request from an Appointed Fiduciary

TPR-VA Fiduciary Checklist for an Initial Appointment The following list of documents and information will be required to be reviewed during the field examination that will be conducted in the near future. In order to assist with having a productive appointment and addressing all questions at the time of the field examination, please bring the…