• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Our Firm
    • About Our Firm
    • Attorney and Staff Profiles
  • Services
    • Asset & Business Planning
    • Dental Practice Law
    • Estate and Gift Tax Figures
    • Estate Planning Services
    • Family-Owned Businesses & Farms
    • Financial Planning Assistance
    • Incapacity Planning
    • IRA & Retirement Planning
    • Legacy Planning
    • LGBTQ Estate Planning
    • Medicaid and Elder Law
    • SECURE Act
    • Special Needs Planning
    • Trust Administration
  • Elder Law
    • Coping With Alzheimer’s
    • Emergency Medicaid & Nursing Home Planning
    • Guardianship & Conservatorship
    • Hospice Care
    • Medicaid Planning
    • Veteran’s Benefits
  • Resources
    • DocuBank
    • Elder Law
      • Elder Law & Medicaid Definitions
      • Elder Law Reports
      • Elder Law Resources
        • Carmel, Indiana Elder Resources
        • Fishers Indiana Elder Law Resources
        • Greenfield, Indiana Elder Law Resources
        • Greenwood Elder Resources
        • Indianapolis Elder Law Resources
        • Lawrence Elder Law Resources
        • Plainfield Elder Resources
        • Zionsville Elder Law Resources
    • Estate Planning
      • Estate Planning Checkup
      • Estate and Gift Tax Figures
      • Estate Planning Definitions
      • Estate Planning Reports
        • Advanced Estate Planning
        • Basic Estate Planning
        • Estate Planning for Niches
        • Trust Administration
      • Incapacity Planning Definitions
      • Is Your Estate Plan Outdated?
      • Top 10 Estate and Legacy Planning Techniques
    • Free Estate Planning Worksheet
    • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Alzheimer’s and Dementia
      • Asset Protection Planning
        • Business Succession Planning
      • Challenging an Indiana Will
      • Elder Abuse
      • Elder Law
        • Medicaid
        • Medicaid Planning
        • Planning for Long-Term Care
      • Estate Planning
        • Avoiding Estate Taxes
        • Estate Planning for Parents
        • Frequently Asked Questions for Families Without an Estate Plan
        • LGBTQ Estate Planning
        • Women and the Need for Estate Planning
      • Financial Planning
      • How Divorce Impacts Your Estate Plan
      • Incapacity Planning
      • Legacy Wealth Planning
      • Pet Planning
      • Philanthropy in Your Estate Plan
      • Probate
      • Power of Attorney
      • Serving as Trustee
      • Small Estate Administration
      • Trusts
        • Trust Administration
        • Trust Administration
        • Serving as Executor
      • Testamentary Trusts
      • Understanding Your Social Security Retirement Benefits
      • Updating Your Estate Plan
      • Veteran Benefits
      • Wills
        • Contesting a Will
    • Newsletter
    • Pre Consultation Form
    • Probate and Trust Administration
      • Bereavement Resources
      • How to Know if You Need Extra Help With Your Grieving
      • Loss Of A Loved One
      • Probate Resources
        • Carmel, Indiana Probate Resources
        • Greenfield Probate
        • Greenwood Probate
        • Indianapolis Probate
        • Plainfield Probate
        • Indiana Probate
        • Zionsville Probate
      • Things You Need To Do When a Loved One Passes Away With a Trust
      • The Mourner’s Bill of Rights
      • Things You Need To Do When a Loved One Passes Away With a Will
      • Trust Administration & Probate Definitions
  • Reviews
    • Our Reviews
    • Review Us
  • Areas We Serve
    • Boone County
      • Lebanon
      • Zionsville
    • Hamilton County
      • Carmel
      • Fishers
    • Hancock County
      • Greenfield
    • Hendricks County
      • Brownsburg
      • Plainfield
    • Johnson County
      • Franklin, Indiana
      • Greenwood
    • Marion County
      • Central Indiana
      • Indianapolis
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

Frank & Kraft, Attorneys at Law

Indianapolis Estate Planning Attorneys

CONNECT WITH US TODAY(317) 684-1100

Attend a Free Workshop
Home » How Does a Veteran Qualify for Aid and Attendance?

How Does a Veteran Qualify for Aid and Attendance?

September 13, 2018Estate Planning, Veterans Aid and Attendance

Indianapolis veterans benefits

A veterans benefits attorney at Frank & Kraft can provide personalized assistance to veterans and their families in taking steps to qualify for aid & attendance benefits. Veterans may be entitled to receive many important benefits as they age as a result of their selfless service. 

Many of these benefits can be invaluable to aging veterans who may need costly care when they develop age-related disabilities or become hurt or sick.  Navigating the VA system to obtain benefits and services can be extremely complicated, so getting legal help is of paramount importance to obtain everything you deserve for serving your country.

Frank & Kraft works with veterans and their families to both understand the full array of benefits they are entitled to — including aid & attendance benefits — and to take the right steps to quickly obtain those benefits. If you or a loved one served in the military and you want assistance getting the benefits you deserve, give us a call today.

How Does a Veteran Qualify for Aid and Attendance?

Veterans typically receive a military pension. Aid & attendance benefits and housebound benefits can both result in an eligible veteran receiving a larger monthly pension. The pension for a veteran is increased when the veteran becomes eligible for aid & attendance benefits in order to help the veteran to defray the cost of care that he or she needs.

But, not every veteran is eligible for aid & attendance benefits. A veteran can become qualified for this pension increase when certain specific conditions have been met. For example, a veteran could potentially qualify for aid & attendance benefits and receive a larger monthly pension if:

  • The veteran needs help from some other person in order to perform basic activities of daily living. Basic activities of daily living include bathing yourself, feeding yourself, getting dressed, attending to the “wants of nature,” adjusting any prosthetic devices that you have, or simply living safely in a home and protecting from any risks or hazards within that home.
  • The veteran is bedridden because of a disabling condition that prevents him from remaining in bed. He must be bedridden for some reason other than the fact that bedrest is recommended to treat a specific ailment.
  • The veteran becomes a patient in a nursing home as a result of mental incapacity or because of physical incapacity.
  • The veteran has eyesight which cannot be corrected to better than 5/200 visual acuity in both of his eyes or the veteran has concentric contraction of the visual field to no more than five degrees.

Veterans also need to meet other criteria, such as proving that they served and were honorably discharged. Veterans do not need to show that their medical condition causing them to be bedridden or causing them to move into a nursing home was connected in any way to their service. It is enough for a veteran to be receiving a pension and to have served honorably in the military — if these requirements are fulfilled and he needs extra care, aid & attendance benefits can be provided to help him to defray the costs.

Veterans can apply for aid & attendance by writing and submitting information to the Pension Management Center (PMC) serving your particular state where you live. Veterans can also file a request for aid & attendance benefits by visiting their local regional benefits office. You can find your local office using the VA Facility Locator.

Getting Help from a Veterans Benefits Attorney

If you are a veteran or if your loved one is a veteran and you need long-term care at home or nursing home care, you should make certain that you apply for aid & attendance benefits so you can try to get the money you need from your increased pension to help you to cover the costs of your care.

To find out more about how Frank & Kraft can help veterans to get benefits, join us for a free seminar. You can also give us a call at 317-684-1100 or contact us online at any time for help.

  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Paul A. Kraft, Estate Planning Attorney
Paul A. Kraft, Estate Planning Attorney
Paul Kraft is Co-Founder and the senior Principal of Frank & Kraft, one of the leading law firms in Indiana in the area of estate planning as well as business and tax planning.

Mr. Kraft assists clients primarily in the areas of estate planning and administration, Medicaid planning, federal and state taxation, real estate and corporate law, bringing the added perspective of an accounting background to his work.
Paul A. Kraft, Estate Planning Attorney
Latest posts by Paul A. Kraft, Estate Planning Attorney (see all)
  • Will I Still Have Control Over Assets If I Transfer Them into a Trust? - October 3, 2023
  • How Does Life Insurance Fit into My Estate Plan? - September 28, 2023
  • Will Medicaid Pay a Family Member to Care for Me in Indiana? - September 26, 2023

Other Articles You May Find Useful

Benefits estate planning attorney
What Are the Benefits of Working with an Estate Planning Attorney?
Estate planning questions
What Are Some Good Estate Planning Questions to Ask Myself?
charitable gift annuity
What Is a Charitable Gift Annuity?
Estate litigation
How Might an Estate End Up in Litigation?
Dollarphotoclub
How Can I Incorporate Charitable Gifting into My Estate Plan?
after death
What Happens to My Estate after My Death?

Primary Sidebar

Frank & Kraft, Attorneys at Law

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkdin
  • Youtube

Blog Subscription

Signup for our blog to receive our latest estate planning insights!

Where We Are

Frank & Kraft Attorneys at Law
135 N. Pennsylvania Street Suite 1100
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2485
Phone: (317) 684-1100
Fax: (317) 684-6111

See Larger MapGet directions

Office Hours

Monday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Map

frankkraft_sidbr_map

Footer

  • Advantages of Working With Our Firm
  • About The American Academy
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Contact Us

Connect with Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkdin
  • Youtube
footer-logo

Frank & Kraft Attorneys at Law
Attorney Advertisement

© 2023 American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc.

© 2023 · American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Sitemap | Contact Us