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Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual Section: Financial Eligibility Requirements Policy Manual Number: 110.030 Chapter: ABD Unearned Income
March 18, 2019 Division of TennCare 16 VA Disability Countable.
VA Disability is a benefit paid to veterans with disabilities as a result of a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during active military service or that arises after service but is thought to be related to her service. The benefit is graduated according to the degree of the veteran’s disability on a scale from 10% to 100%.
VA Education Grant Excluded.
A VA Education Grant is for a veteran who is in an approved program and provides up to 36 months of education benefits. These benefits are intended to provide assistance as follows:
• Tuition and fees; and • Annual books and supplies stipend.
If the veteran receives a stipend to assist with housing, the stipend is countable unearned income.
VA Pension Countable.
A VA Pension is the standard benefit received by a veteran for wartime service which is based on financial need, not on a service-connected disability.
A VA Survivors Pension is paid to the low-income, un- remarried surviving spouse and the unmarried child(ren) of a deceased veteran with wartime service.
VA Pensions limited to $90 per month are excluded. For additional information, please see the Post-Eligibility Treatment of Income policy.
VA Survivor (DIC) Countable.
VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a benefit paid to eligible surviving dependents, including the spouse, of service members who died while on duty or survivors of veterans who died from their service-connected illness or injury.