ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE - QUESTION

Thanks rigger/fitter and trooper for this info.
Greatly appreciated.

VAC staff will not tell you what you are entitled for benefits,they are not allowed,heard this from a disgruntled worker before she retired,it took 13 years to get all my benefits and i get all of them now.......so always apply for every SINGLE benefits out the for veterans because they wont give it to you........i just helped a vet get  on the rehab program that he never heard about,or theTPI or PIA and PIAS (acryo's changed to something new now)and he was out since 2006 and thought he was getting his max benefits ,thats a couple $1000 a month he has been missing,but at least now he is on the road to get his pension working proper for him...............so APPLY APPLY APPLY and the appeal and appeal if you have too

czerv wrote:If one has only Disability Awards then no possibility to apply for Attendance Allowance (according to the documents?) Am I reading it correctly?
Thanks

Correct czerv, in that case you would only be entitled to the Family Caregiver Relief Benefit.

Here is info that would relate to those who are both NVC and PA.

Do you have both a disability award and a disability pension of 1% or more?

If you have both a disability award and a disability pension of 1% or more, you are not eligible for the Family Caregiver Relief Benefit, but you may be eligible for the Attendance allowance.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/services/health/family-caregiver-relief-benefit

If one has only Disability Awards then no possibility to apply for Attendance Allowance (according to the documents?) Am I reading it correctly?
Thanks

czerv wrote:I just found out about this Attendance Allowance after reading some posts here. Wow, if I am not mistaken, I should be getting it. MY CM never mentioned it (she was hired about 6 months ago).
Read somewhere that 'if 100% disability' one automatically qualifies.
If someone is more that 100% from various disabilities then there should be no problem with assessment/application.  
Any thoughts/comments about the issue would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

The Attendance Allowance is for those 1% or more from the Pension Act.

The Family Caregiver Relief Benefit is for those who are only NVC.

You cannot be approved for both.

Attendance Allowance Info: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/services/after-injury/disability-benefits/benefits-determined/table-of-disabilities/ch-05-2006  

I just found out about this Attendance Allowance after reading some posts here. Wow, if I am not mistaken, I should be getting it. MY CM never mentioned it (she was hired about 6 months ago).
Read somewhere that 'if 100% disability' one automatically qualifies.
If someone is more that 100% from various disabilities then there should be no problem with assessment/application.
Any thoughts/comments about the issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Maybe if we started offing the ones that talk down to us something will happen.nthe call is recorded so as long as we are truthful they can do nothing against us. We only have their first names anyway. I too have been told that having a wife means she should be doing some of the things that I have been seeking help with like toe nail cutting due to the fact I cannot bend to do it myself. I sure am hoping I become one of those that VAC treats well soon, so I can live with some form of dignity before I die.

Rifleman,

If you ever feel that someone is giving you the wrong info, which unfortunately does happen, hang up and make like the conversation did not happen.

Don't get discouraged from hearing something from someone who has absolutely no clue of what their talking about, if I had a dollar for every time that happen to me, I would be a little richer than what I am today.

My friend, apply for everything that's available to you, if denied, re - apply - or appeal.

The benefits are out there for everyone, and don't allow anyone to discourage from applying for anything you feel you deserve.

Rifleman would you please give us the name of that agent so we can ask not to talk to him, if 30 of us do it he may get the picture

WOW!!!!

propat

Thanks for the info bigrex I shall now continue with the application process and then see what I can do with one of vacs reply they gave me over the phone. This vac agent out of Ottawa informed me not to bother with my application because I did not have a nurse come in everyday and that's what wives do for there husbands man was I fracking pissed but I do have the agents name and now the shit will start rolling down hill WHY ARE WE STILL GETTING THIS BULLSHIT AT TIMES WHEN YOU USE THE 1-866-522-2122 NUMBER

The attendance allowance is given, if you, the Veteran, requires any assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) from somebody else, and that can be anybody else. Spouse, child, a bum off the street, or a nurse, it does not matter . It is lumped together with your PA pension, into a single tax free monthly payment. If you do require a nurse from VON to come in, VAC will pay for that directly, and is completely separate from the AA. I know I get AA, and I have VON coming in every few weeks for foot care, and VAC is billed directly by them.

Just received application for AA and vac has already had a nurse call me to come to my house for a appointment date for a assessment I have two questions for input on this first question is my wife is my primary caregiver am I sill able to continue with application process ? 2nd question is how does the payment work is it monthly or do you only receive payment if you have a nurse come in to help and yes I do meet more then one criteria. I have asked the same questions to vac but have gotten many different answers.

Thanks again trooper

Me and the misses have been thru the wringer 10 times too many with vac,so now we help out when ever we can........there is no services for many vets out here in sask,so we fight for and help out as many as we can in our area..........vac is usless at giving info about what benefits are available to vets ,one fella i helped got back over 100 k ,another vet didnt know that health related travel was covered,the list is long......so as always,if anyone has some questions..feel free to contact me,i might have a answer for you.

cheers

No problem their rigger, it could be a case of misunderstanding between those who were told this and the ones who gave out that info to them - or it could even be a case of someone given them the wrong information as we all know to well this has happened in the past.

Good on you for looking out for them.