VA Pension Aid & Attendance 

VA Aid and Attendance benefits and Housebound allowance VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits provide monthly payments added to the amount of a monthly VA pension for qualified Veterans and survivors. If you need help with daily activities, or you’re housebound, find out if you qualify.

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VA Aid and Attendance 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:

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• 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)

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Housebound Benefits Eligibility

You may be eligible for this benefit if you get a VA pension and you spend most of your time in your home because of a permanent disability (a disability that doesn’t go away).

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Note: You can’t get Aid and Attendance benefits and Housebound benefits at the same time.