VA AID and ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE SR 96-16, 03/96 (AAM-A)

Payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs to a veteran or spouse if they are blind, nearly blind, helpless, or nearly helpless and require the aid and attendance of another person.

Treatment: Excluded Income.

Exception: Applicants and recipients of nursing facility care or Home and Community-Based Care for the Elderly and Chronically Ill (HCBC-ECI), the Developmentally Disabled (HCBC-DD) or individuals with an Acquired Brain Disorder (HCBC-ABD) have VA A & A treated as follows. Exclude in the gross eligibility determination. Consider as unearned income in the net income computation. See Parts 621, Budgeting: HCBC-ECI, 623, Budgeting: HCBC-DD, and 624, Budgeting: HCBC-ABD.