Tax free pension benefits paid to wartime Veterans and their survivor(s). Widows of Veterans who remarried are eligible under certain circumstances

BASIC PENSION: Eligibility Requirements:
➢ discharged from service under other than dishonorable conditions, AND
➢ served 90 days or more of active military, naval or air service with at last 1 day                 during a period of war, AND
➢ his or her countable income is below the Maximum Annual Pension Rate, AND
➢ meets the net worth limitations, the current net worth limit amount is $150,538.                 The home, automobile and personal belongings are exempt, AND
➢ is age 65 or older OR is shown by evidence to have a permanent and total non-               serviceconnected disability, OR is a patient in a nursing home, OR is receiving             Social Security disability benefits.

AID AND ATTENDANCE: Residing in Assisting Living Facilities or receiving Home Care services by an agency or an individual or family member. Eligibility Requirements:
➢ eligible for basic pension benefits as above,
➢ AND
➢ requires the aid of another person to perform activities of daily living, such as                  bathing, feeding, dressing, toileting, adjusting prosthetic devices, or protecting                from the hazards of daily environment, OR
➢ bedridden, in that the disability or disabilities require remaining in bed apart from              any prescribed course of convalescence or treatment, OR
➢ patient in a nursing home due to mental or physical incapacity, OR
➢ corrected visual acuity of 5/200 or less, in both eyes, or concentric contraction of           the visual field to 5 degrees or less.

HOUSEBOUND: substantially confined to home. Eligibility requirements:
➢ eligible for basic pension benefits AND
➢ a single permanent disability evaluated as 100-percent disabling AND another                disability or disabilities, independently evaluated as 60-percent or more                            disabling. (Age 65 is equal to disabled for this item). These disabilities do not                  have to be service connected.

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