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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A/200B – Income: Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) and MAGI Categories P a g e | 3

Effective Month: July 2025 200A.07.03 MANDATORY STATE SUPPLEMENT (MSS) ..................................................... 42 200A.07.04 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (BL) ........................................................................... 42 200A.07.05 CIVIL SERVICE AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAYMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 43 200A.07.06 OTHER GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT PAYMENTS ............. 44 200A.07.06A STATE RETIREMENT 13TH CHECK ............................................................. 44 200A.07.07 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS ............................................................... 45 200A.07.07A LIFE AND SURVIVOR ANNUITIES ............................................................ 45 200A.07.07B SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS CERTIFIED BY RRB ................................ 45 200A.07.07C UNEMPLOYMENT, SICKNESS AND STRIKE BENEFITS .......................... 46 200A.07.07D DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE RRB PAYMENT .......................... 46 200A.07.07E VERIFICATION OF RRB BENEFITS ........................................................... 46 200A.07.08 MILITARY PENSIONS ...................................................................................... 47 200A.07.08A CATEGORIES OF BENEFICIARIES ........................................................... 47 200A.07.08B TYPES OF ANNUITANTS ........................................................................... 47 200A.07.08C TREATMENT AND VERIFICATION OF MILITARY PENSIONS .................. 47 200A.07.09 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAYMENTS (VA BENEFITS) ........... 49 200A.07.09A VA PENSION PAYMENTS ............................................................................ 51 200A.07.09B VA COMPENSATION PAYMENTS ............................................................... 55 200A.07.09C VA EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS .................................................................... 56 200A.07.09D AUGMENTED BENEFITS............................................................................. 58 200A.07.09E VA BENEFITS AND INSTITUTIONAL RULES .............................................. 60 200A.07.09F VA CLOTHING ALLOWANCE ....................................................................... 62 200A.07.09G PAYMENTS TO VETERANS’ CHILDREN WITH CERTAIN BIRTH DEFECTS . ........................................................................................................................................................... 62 200A.07.09H DEEMING RULES FOR VA PENSION AND COMPENSATION PAYMENTS WITH AND WITHOUT A&A AND UME ............................................................................... 62 200A.07.09I VA CAREGIVER PAYMENTS ........................................................................ 63 200A.07.09J VA BENEFIT ALLOCATED TO A SPOUSE RECEIVING IBON ..................... 63 200A.07.09K DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF VA PAYMENTS ................................... 64 200A.07.09L VERIFICATION OF VA PAYMENTS ............................................................. 64 200A.07.10 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS .................................................... 65