July 22nd the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), along with Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statements after they introduced Legislation to remove barriers to Department of Veterans Affairs…
On occasion we have a Veteran or a family member of a Veteran wanting to file for Aid & Attendance Pension but their discharge is below a general discharge. As we know, Veterans have to at least have a general discharge to qualify for pension. What should you do if you find that a client…
Bill’s pension was filled with an effective date of July 1st, 2019. He has been married for 45 years. He passed away October 5th. How will his passing affect his back pay and his wife’s pension going forward? He is due pension $$ for July, August and September. In October he would have been paid for…
The Modernization Act promised to make the access to medical records easier for Veterans, representatives, and physicians by turning all records over to an electronic health record system. During last weeks Senate VA Committee meeting Senator Tester showed concern for the completion of and the money spent to complete the EHR by the end of 2020….
This is my final week in our series about the VA pension application process. Have a designated person that checks your application status EVERY MONTH. Applications get lost, have been known to show the wrong date of submission, and a slew of other reasons the application has been held up. If they say that your…
Let’s say that you have a Veteran pension client that has been receiving pension for over three years now. They sell their house in February of 2020, which puts their assets way above the maximum amount allowed (129k). They don’t have to report the sale to the VA until January of 2021. Does that mean…
