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Chapter: 2200 Standard Filing Unit Program: FS 4 2210.0310.01 Definition of Elderly and/or Disabled (FS) Elderly or disabled means an individual who:

1. is age 60 or older or will be age 60 by the last day in the month of application;

2. receives SSI benefits;

3. is a veteran with a service connected or non-service connected disability rated by the Veterans Administration (VA) as total or paid as total by the VA;

4. is a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound;

5. receives disability and blindness payments under Title I, II, X, XIV or XVI of the Social Security Act;

6. is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance, or is permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support;

7. is a surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service connected death or pension benefits for a non- service connected death and has a disability considered permanent under Section 221(i) of the Social Security Act;

8. receives federally or state administered supplemental benefits under Section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act provided that the eligibility to receive benefits is based upon the disability or blindness criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act;

9. receives federally or state administered supplemental benefits under Section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66;

10. receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under Section 221(i) of the Social Security Act;

11. receives an annuity payment under Section 2(a)(l)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad Retirement Board, or Section 2(a)(i)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, and is determined to be disabled upon the criteria used under Title XVI of the Social Security Act;

12. receives interim assistance pending receipt of SSI, receives medical assistance based on disability under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, receives disability based state general assistance (these individuals are considered disabled provided the disability criteria are as stringent as those under Title XVI of the Social Security Act); or

13. receives disability retirement under the Federal Employee Compensation Act (FECA) which is due to the individual opting to receive FECA benefits because they are higher than Civil Service Retirement benefits (the disability must be considered permanent under Section 221(i) of the Social Security Act).

“Entitled” refers to those veterans’ surviving spouses and surviving children who are receiving the compensation or pension benefits stated, or have been approved for such payments, but are not yet receiving them.