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I can no longer manage him at home. Does VA pay 100%? Will his Social Security also be used for payment if I can get him into a VA facility? It seems the VA has its own vernacular on their website and I'm not finding this information. I've sent in paperwork for my daughter and I to receive Aid and Attendance compensation. I have paperwork for the doctor who he will see at nearest military facility to fill out so I can send it in to VA. What then?

These are all questions for the VA system you are currently dealing with.
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You need to contact the VA for these answers. Call and ask to talk to a Social Worker of a Patient Advocate.
Also have another review of his % of Service Connected Disability.
Get as many of the medical records as you can particularly if he had seen any doctors outside of the VA system. The VA is changing and adding to the conditions that they relate to Service.

You can also check with your local Veterans Assistance Commission and see if they can help get through some of the paperwork and red tape.

IF the above fails..and I can no t believe I am suggesting this....there are lawyers that will help and get through the quagmire that is the VA. (They do take a % of back pay and that may be substantial in some cases.)

Good luck!
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You really need to see a VA representative. Your County should have a department.

VA homes are not easy to get into. Your husbands disability, I think, needs to be service related. Dementia/Alz does not really fall under a disability, as such, unless its contracted before you can collect Social Security. That would be Early Onset. My friends husband, suffering from Dementia, had to be placed in LTC on Medicaid waiting for the VA to place him in one of their homes, he died before that happened. I am under the impression they usually take people suffering from service related disabilities before those whose disabilities were caused in civilian life.

I just found this...

"The VA assigns veterans to one of eight priority groups based on their income, disability status, and other factors. Veterans with service-connected disabilities are assigned the highest priority and don't pay copays for any care. Veterans with higher incomes and no service-connected disabilities are assigned the lowest priority.«

It may be faster to see an elder lawyer about splitting your assets and placing your husbandbin a LTC facility on Medicaid.
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