Veteran's Benefits Consulting

Veterans Health Care
Health care is available at Veterans Administration health care facilities for veterans who have a low income or have a service-connected disability. Other veterans can no longer qualify for VA health care.

State Veterans Homes
There are only about 140 state veteran homes nationwide. The Federal government and the States provide subsidies for operating these homes and for veterans using them. Entrance requirements are very stringent.

Disability Income
The Veterans Administration provides two disability incomes to veterans, “Compensation” and “Pension.” Compensation is paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Pension is available to former active duty discharged veterans under the age of 65 who are totally disabled other than service-connected or to veterans age 65 and over regardless of disability. Pension is primarily intended for very low income veterans, but a special provision in how Pension is calculated can allow veterans or single surviving spouses with high income to also receive the benefit.

Death Benefit for Surviving Dependants
There are a number of death benefits available to the parents, surviving spouse and dependant children of active duty veterans.

Burial Benefits
Burial benefits include allowances for internment, markers and flags and the privilege of being buried in a veteran’s cemetery.

Who is a Veteran?

According to the Veterans Administration a veteran is, “Someone 18 and older who is not currently on active duty, but who once served on active duty in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, or who served in the Merchant Marine during World War II.”

Veterans can receive “compensation” for service-related disabilities and “pension” for non-service-related disabilities.

According to the Department of Veteran affairs, there are currently about 3,500,000 male World War II veterans and about 164,000 female World War II veterans still alive. Most of these veterans will be over 80 years of age. This is the time of life when most people are most likely to need long term care benefits. According to the VA, only a small portion of the eligible veterans (approximately 30%) are receiving benefits. This estimate does include the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Era veterans who are rapidly approaching the age where they will need long-term care benefits.