From Roger O'Shields, Fort Payne, AL:
I am writing with some information about new U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assistance for disabled veterans and their spouses or widows. This is the first time the VA has offered any safety net for the widows of veterans. I understand the rules differ in each state, so readers should check the situation locally.
To be eligible, the veteran must have 90 days of service, including at least one day of Congressional war-time service; must be over 65 or rated as permanently and totally disabled; must not have more than $80,000 in net worth (not including home and primary vehicle); and income (minus medical expenses) must not exceed a specified amount.
A widow must not have divorced the veteran or remarried after the vet's death. My wife and I, for example, are about to move into an assisted-living facility that will cost us almost $4,000 per month; our initial estimate is that the VA will reimburse us around $1,800.
There are a lot of old World War II widows barely surviving on a small Social Security check, and that isn't necessary.
To be eligible, the veteran must have 90 days of service, including at least one day of Congressional war-time service; must be over 65 or rated as permanently and totally disabled; must not have more than $80,000 in net worth (not including home and primary vehicle); and income (minus medical expenses) must not exceed a specified amount.
A widow must not have divorced the veteran or remarried after the vet's death. My wife and I, for example, are about to move into an assisted-living facility that will cost us almost $4,000 per month; our initial estimate is that the VA will reimburse us around $1,800.
There are a lot of old World War II widows barely surviving on a small Social Security check, and that isn't necessary.
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