Category Archives: Veterans Affairs

Cash for Michigan Veterans | Channel 4 Click on Detroit

NBC Channel 4 in Detroit, had an piece entitled Cash for Detroit Veterans that talked about the VA benefit availble to veterans to help pay the cost of long-term care.

Does Long-term Care Insurance Affect VA Benefit Qualification?

Does Long-term care insurance affect VA benefit qualification?

Long-Term Care Benefits for Surviving Spouses of Wartime Veterans

There are over 9 million surviving spouses of veterans currently living in the United States.  Many of these surviving spouses are receiving long-term care or will need some type of long-term care in the near future, and there are funds available from the Veterans Administration (VA) to help pay for that care.  Unfortunately, many of…

Veterans Benefits Lawyer Salutes the Veterans on Veterans Day

Veterans Day is November 11th, 2011. A hearty salute to all the Veterans. Thank you for your service!

Can I get Paid to Care for an Elder Family Member?

  As the number of family members providing care for aging parents increases, the solutions to find help with loss of income because of time off from employment for caregiving has become a major concern for many. The demands on both the time and energy needed to provide the needed care can make it impossible…

Houses are Counted Towards Veterans Benefits Assets

As a VA accredited lawyer, my responsibility is to stay abreast of the latest changes in how the pension centers and the adjucators are processing VA aid & attendance claims.   One of the many events that I have participated in was put on by the National Academy of Elder Attorneys Benefits section.  Our latest…

Plan Eases Pressures Put on Wounded Veterans’ Caregivers

Michigan Elder Law and Veterans Benefits Lawyer‘s Thoughts: Typically, as a VA accredited attorney in Michigan, I am helping seniors and veterans over the 65 with their non-service connected pension and I don’t handle service connected claims, but this story was to good not to share.  Read the full story here: Veterans Benefits and Caregivers….

Veterans Affairs treatment of the Family Home

It appears that the VA is starting to treat an unoccupied personal residence as an asset.  This would occur when someone leaves the home to live in assisted living or independent living and the house is still in the veteran’s name.  This is a big change because, the VA is going back to day one…

VA Begins Massive Outreach Program for Female Veterans

My elder law attorney colleague, Bernard Krooks has a great blog post on how the VA will be improving the outreach to female veterans. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that the VA has first begun a massive outreach effort to contact female veterans and ask them to share their experiences with the…

Michigan is Last in Delivery of Veterans Benefits

Here’s an interesting article posted on AM1590 WTVB website. COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County has a very large veterans population and that’s one reason why the chairman of the Michigan House Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee was in Coldwater yesterday at the invitation of State Representative Ken Kurtz. He had first…