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55 • receive federally or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 212(a) of Pub. L. 93–66; B. For an individual to be considered disabled who • 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 under title 38 of the United States Code;

• 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 under title 38 of the United States Code and has a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act. “Entitled” as used in this definition 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;

The household must present a statement from the Veterans Administration (VA) which clearly indicates that the disabled Veteran is receiving VA disability benefits for a service-connected or non- service-connected disability and that the disability is rated as total or paid at the total rate by VA.

In addition to having a disability considered permanent by SSA, the household must provide a statement from the VA which indicates the surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran is receiving the veteran’s pension or death benefit.

C. For an individual to be considered disabled who: • is a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under title 38 of the United States Code; or • is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support under title 38 of the United States Code; Proof by the household that the veteran, surviving spouse or surviving child of the veteran is receiving regular aid and attendance benefits through the VA is sufficient verification of disability. NOTE: Individuals under age 60 and meet this criteria, should be coded as “Y” in SPCAT field on CHIP SSDO screen in order to identify that the household is considered a special category, unless the income is coded on CHIP UNIN screen to identify receipt of disability income. D. For an individual to be considered disabled who: • receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act;

The Economic Services worker may use BENDEX, the Social Security Administration's (SSA) award letter or another governmental agency award letter. NOTE: Individuals under age 60 and meet this criteria, should be coded as “Y” in SPCAT field on CHIP SSDO screen in order to identify that the