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Aid and Attendance (A&A) Pension | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

810 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20420

Eligibility

You may be eligible for this benefit if you get a VA pension and you meet at least one of these requirements. At least one of these must be true: You need another person to help you perform daily activities, like bathing, feeding, and dressing, or You have to stay in bed—or spend a large portion of the day in bed—because of illness, or You are a patient in a nursing home due to the loss of mental or physical abilities related to a disability, or Your eyesight is limited (even with glasses or contact lenses you have only 5/200 or less in both eyes; or concentric contraction of the visual field to 5 degrees or less)

Required documents

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Application process

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Service area

NY
VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits provide monthly payments added to the amount of a monthly VA pension for qualified Veterans and survivors.

Providing organization

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS