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Families and Children Manual Section: Financial Eligibility Policy Manual Number: 010.045 Chapter: Medically Needy Countable and Excluded Income
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Social Security Survivor’s benefits are received by a surviving spouse, dependent child or parent who received more than half of his support from the deceased wage earner. Temporary Disability Insurance Compensation received for loss of wages caused by temporary non- occupational disability is countable. These are payments an individual does not receive from an employer. Trusts Money withdrawn from the body of a trust or interest/dividends accrued to the trust and paid to the individual is unearned income in the month of receipt. Unemployment Insurance Count the full value of unemployment compensation in the month of receipt. VA Apportioned An Apportioned benefit is a VA Payment made to a dependent spouse, child or parent not residing with the Veteran. The VA Apportioned amount is unearned income for the individual receiving the payment. 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 arose after service but is thought to be related to their service. The benefit is graduated according to the degree of the Veteran’s disability on a scale from 10% to 100%. VA Pension Countable. 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. VA Survivor (DIC) Countable. VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a benefit paid to eligible surviving dependents of service members who died while on duty or survivors of Veterans who died from their service-connected illness or injury.
Parents’ DIC is an income-based benefit for parents who were financially dependent on a service member or Veteran who died from a service-related cause. Parents’ DIC is not subject to $20 disregard, as it is income based. Workers’ Compensation Payments an individual receives for occupational sickness or injury, and paid under a workers’ compensation act or statute in the nature of the worker’s compensation act. Such payments are countable unearned income to the extent that they are not earmarked and used for the purpose for which the funds are paid (i.e., medical bills or legal expenses).