Summary of VA Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility for Home and Community Based Services
Nursing Home and Other Residential Care Options
Aid and Attendance and Housebound Benefits
Eligibility requirements vary by type of service or care setting you are seeking and whether or not that service is provided or paid for by VA.
Since Home and Community Based Services are part of the VHA Medical Benefits Package, all enrolled Veterans are eligible IF they have clinical need for the service and it is available.
Click on each Home and Community Based Service for a summary on eligibility.
Remember that . . .
- Care for Home and Community Based Services must be ordered by a VA physician.
- A co-payment is charged for some Home and Community Based Services.
- Home and Community based Services may be used in combination with each other.
There are different eligibility requirements for each of these settings. Some of these residential settings are provided or paid for by VA and some are not.
Click on each Nursing Home or Other Residential Care option for a summary on eligibility.
What is Aid and Attendance and Housebound Benefits?
These are financial payments that a Veteran can receive in addition to a monthly pension.
Who can get these benefits?
You must be receiving a VA pension in order to be eligible for Aid and Attendance or Household Benefits.
A Veteran cannot receive Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits at the same time.
Eligibility for Aid and Attendance.
A Veteran may be eligible for Aid and Attendance benefits when one or more of these items apply:
- Help from another person is needed to perform activities of daily living (e.g. bathing or getting dressed).
- The Veteran is bedridden.
- The Veteran is a patient in a nursing home due to mental or physical incapacity.
- The Veteran is blind.
Eligiblity for Housebound Benefits.
A Veteran may be eligible for Housebound benefits when one or more of these items apply:
- The Veteran has a single permanent disability evaluated as 100% disabling and due to the disability is confined to their immediate premises.
- The Veteran has a single permanent disability evaluated at 100% disabling and another disability, or disabilities, evaluated as 60% or more disabling.
