{"id":244,"date":"2014-04-23T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T18:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.georgiahealth.us\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2014-04-23T18:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T18:05:54","slug":"va-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgiahealth.us\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"VA Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>VA Benefit for Assisted Living Services<\/h2>\n<p>Aid and Attendance (A&amp;A) is a benefit paid in addition to monthly veteran pension and disability compensation. This benefit may not be paid without eligibility to pension. A veteran may be eligible for A&amp;A when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The veteran requires the aid of another person in order to perform personal functions required in everyday living, such as bathing, feeding, dressing, attending to the wants of nature, adjusting prosthetic devices, or protecting himself\/herself from the hazards of his\/her daily environment, OR,<\/li>\n<li><span style=\\\"line-height: 1.5;\\\">The veteran is bedridden, in that his\/her disability or disabilities requires that he\/she remain in bed apart from any prescribed course of convalescence or treatment, OR,<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The veteran is a patient in a nursing home due to mental or physical incapacity, OR,<\/li>\n<li>The veteran is blind, or so nearly blind as to have corrected visual acuity of 5\/200 or less, in both eyes, or concentric contraction of the visual field to 5 degrees or less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If you need additional information on how to apply for this VA benefit\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.georgiahealth.us\/contact-us\\\">Contact Us<\/a>\u00a0today and someone will assist you.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA Benefit for Assisted Living Services Aid and Attendance (A&amp;A) is a benefit paid in addition to monthly veteran pension and disability compensation. 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