My husband pSze My husband passex awah several years ago as a result of cancer! This was the result of his serving in the ar! I never filed for spousal benefitz because i wasn''t aware that i was eligible for them! I don''t know if it is too late to check into it but after reading your NM information I think I was entitled to spousal benefits! I can prove everything you ask for but I think I am way too late too file! I can prove our marriage date and the date of his xeath@ Also I bave my divorce certificate crom .y prior marriage! K feel that I am several years to think of filing and would appreciate your help!

Why does the VA said that I couldn't get his because I made to much income which was my ss . They said I could only make 900.00 a month. That's how much my rent is.

what if you have been seperated for 10yrs and your va compensation is based on you being single with no dependants...are they entitled to any thing then?

Thank you so much for your simple explanation. This guy put me to sleep..... Twice!!!

@@barbaraking5371 You should apply. Get a VSO to help you or you can go to the regional office.

Glad it was helpful! For service-connected deaths that occurred on or after January 1, 1993, DIC payments to all surviving spouses start at a monthly base amount set by statute, and increase in accordance with the same annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) awarded to Social Security beneficiaries. Since December 1, 2020, this monthly amount has been $1,357.56.

Thanks for your information and breakdown. I having a hard time understanding a few things will be contacting you soon.

As of 01/01/24 there is a Bill working it's way through the US Senate that will reduce to 5 years the couple must have been married before the surviving Spouse can apply. Also the monthly amount to the spouse will be increased considerably. It's called the "Caring for Survivors act of 2023".

Glad it was helpful!

Disability Indemnity Compensation paid to spouses of deceased veterans and dependents. Your husband is VA Compensation

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In Florida I was told the Veteran has to be 100% and married for 10 years. Someone is wrong.

If your husband is 100%, it really depends on whether it's only Service Connected. If however, he's "War-Time" veteran, and is getting that 100%, due to war, AND he does from that injury, then you are definitely entitled to around $1,300/month, or whatever the rate is at the time of death, for "Survivor's" Benefits. Plus, as a "War-Time" Survivor, you'll qualify for a lot of other benefits, like Home care, loans, nursing home. Do your research, seek answers from various agencies, not just one place. Good Luck. Thank you, and all your Veterans for your service to our Country! 🇺🇸

I’m right with you I’m scared. We are in our sixties he is very sick. What are the steps I need to do I’m trying to get all the papers together from all his divorces as we speak. I’m trying to get all other’s papers together that we are needing to help speed anything along that I can I’m hearing it taken take up to a year to get benefits from the VA for spousal support. I can’t survive without anything plus if something happens to him praise God he’s alive now it’s gonna take a while to get Social Security and even that it’s only a fraction, I gave up working over 10 years ago because of his heart and his emotional issues. I’m praying I don’t lose my home and my car hoping I can pay electric bills I know I’m not gonna be able to have home insurance because in Texas that’s six $8000 for my little home plus my pets and myself I have to have insurance and I have to be able to take care of my pets I don’t want to lose them so that’s veterans spouses are in a pickle I was talking to the VA regional office trying to get ahead of it to be ready and they told me they won’t even talk to me or him regarding any situation until he is gone. That is crazy.

What about any new laws 2023

Is the spouse of the veteran required to pay taxes on the money she receives? Is it tax free like the veterans was?

You are very welcome.

I will make a future video Thank you

Dependent and Indemnity Compensation

My question is the same. I'm 80% with IU (Individual Unemployability) and paid at the 100% rate. From reading the comments, it looks like the surviving spouse gets a little less than 50%.

Hi Susan, I take it your Beloved Veteran is Vietnam War era. Survivors only get a portion, better than nothing, I guess. However, the good news for you is, as a War-Time veteran surviving spouse, you get more benefits than those who's veteran didn't go to war, and retired. You qualify for Home care, Nursing home, if needed, and VA takes care of it. You keep your access to commissary, Exchange, etc. You can use the home loan. Happy New Year.

p.s. Go to your County VA, or any local VA, sit with them and go over all your qualifications. Also, if you need someone, like a family member to care for you, as a War-Time survivor, the VA pays for that person, maybe $300/month. Your house can be adapted to your needs, should you need Handicap assistance. So much benefits, as a War-Time survivor.

@@jmarie4056 i take care of my mom who is a vietnam vet 100% disabled war time veteran surviving spouse .. i have been trying to figure out how i can get paid to care for her because i had to quit my job to care for her .. how do i get paid for that

Becuase your rating was P&T you are correct

My Husband Died June 15, 2023! Last Month!

So sorry to hear but you have 1-year to file with the VA so please contact your local VSO immediately. God bless you and your family. Thank you

I think we can can you call my office tomorrow and make a telephone appointment for next week? 229-226-8183

I am not sure if NY covers common law marriage, talk with a NY attorney

I couldn't find an answer to your 2nd wife question but would imagine that the VA would interpret their regulations as only 1 wife and dependent children from everyone.

Without knowing more it is hard to say but I would think yes. Please call my office and make a telephone appointment (no charge) and we can talk about this.

I'm guessing you're a "War Time" Veteran, Thank you for your service, sir. I've helped many veteran, surviving dependents and various levels of percentages. War Time Veterans and their surviving spouse gets great benefits, including home aid for spouse, if needed. Life Insurance is automatically 10k, and can get additional amounts with deductions. In the even you pass before your wife, she will receive Survivor's compensation of approximately $1,300 per month. Your wife can get help from your local VA Benefits Office, or County VA office. It would be best for both, you and your wife to seek help now, get all documents needed in the future. Good Luck.

Shouldnt matter..I would assume he needs to do the paper work so she becomes a us citizen.i would think it will.makethe process easier but idk for sure..she should still get paid regardless

I believe only if the children are Minors, and only if you're 100% disabled

Your local or nearest Veterans Hospital. Your Congressman/Congresswoman's office can give you contact information. Also, go online to Veterans Administration- there will be information for everything. DIC stands for Dependents and Indemnity Compensation.

Thanks for your comment

Depending on the amount you can get the larger of the DIC or Pension. Pension is a needs based program so be ware. The monthly benefit is approximately $1400

Va.gov u can find your answers

Check with your local VSO

The correct answer is about 50%.

When did your husband pass? Also, do you have his dates of service?

That's terrible, but I think VA is correct.

check the rating in Dec. You need to know the date he applied I believe your good for benefits. Check with VA ask the date he applied not the day he got it.

TDIU only appllies to the Veteran not the spouse.

We sure can call my office 229-226-8183 and speak with Betsey or Sharon and they will set you up with a telephone conference. I look forward to speaking with you

No I'm in hot hot gnat infested S GA

Please call my office so we can discuss your needs.

Keep pushing until he gets 100%, then you will get benefits as a surviving spouse/dependent. The magic word for even more benefits for Veterans and dependents are "War Time" Veterans. Do your research, it'll help you both in the long run. Good Luck. Thank your husband for his service.

Divorce cuts off a "former" spouse.

If your common law marriage is respected in your state, yes.

Yes we can help. Please call our office to schedule an appointment

He had to be 100% pt for 10 years before death

We understand that your husband served in Korea and he passed in 2011. When did you apply for DIC? Service connection is warranted where the evidence of record establishes that a particular injury or disease resulting in disability was incurred in the line of duty in the active military service. Service connection may also be granted for any disease diagnosed after the military discharge, when all the evidence, including that pertinent to the period of military service, establishes that the disease was incurred during the active military service. VA regulations provide a presumption of herbicide exposure where a veteran served in the Republic of Korea on the demilitarized zone during certain time periods. Specifically, a veteran who, during active service, served between April 1, 1968, and August 31, 1971, in a unit that, as determined by the Department of Defense, operated in or near the Korean demilitarized zone in an area in which herbicides are known to have been applied during that period, shall be presumed to have been exposed during such service to an herbicide agent, unless there is affirmative evidence to establish that the Veteran was not exposed to any such agent during that service. Did your husband serve during these dates? Parkinson’s disease is known to be caused by exposure to herbicide exposure. However, outside of those dates and locations, the presumptive provisions do not apply, and exposure must be determined on a case-by-case basis. Once it is established that a veteran was in fact exposed to a qualifying herbicide, VA will presume that a disease listed under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309 (e) is due to the exposure to herbicides.

Rules allow eligibility in certain cases for surviving spouses who remarried or were involved in a marital-type relationship after the veteran died. Surviving spouses who remarry are ineligible for all VA benefits (including death pension) unless they are mentioned in these rules. They are complex and I don't have enough information to answer your question.

You cannot collect social security disability and VA pension. Although you can collect 100% VA disability and social security disability

SS does not affect DIC but does affect VA Pension or Aid & Attendance $1 for $1

Thanks for your help

If you have an online account with the VAif not go here www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage

DIC is disability indemnity compensation for spouses and dependents. Compensation is for Veterans

Compensation is money paid to a Veteran for his/her disability. DIC is Disability Indemnity Compensation paid to a spouse or dependent of a deceased Vet. I apologize

Your Compensation changes to Disability Indemnity Compensation. Should get it all

My name is Rachelle Daughtery. Don't know why it says Terry Norrid

Getting a divorce is the worst advise I have ever seen a VA rep give! That is a tough one becuase you can't get a divorce in most states if you still live together, so the VA is going to ask why you got a divorce and you will say becuase the VA rep to me to in order for my husband to get benefits. I would make the argument that the divorce really never took place becuase you never lived apart.

You can try to reopen his claim. Unfortunately, many wives like yourself weren't aware of a form needed to be submitted, up to a year after his death. You can gather all his claim documents, along with your marriage and his death certificate, bring it to a local VA office, and request to reopen his claim. Don't take one answer, should you be turned away. Keep trying. Go to the VA's website, look for more information on continuing his claim, After death.

p.s., you stated you receive benefits, yet you stated he tried to get compensation. Confusing, because you wouldn't be receiving benefits if he wasn't already 100%.

I do receive my late husband's benefits they only declared him 100% 3 days before he passed so he could not reopen the claim for agent orange I only receive a little over 1000 a month

@@cindybraddy7372 if your husband passed away under a year, there's a form for you to continue his claim for Retroactive, from the time he appealed to today. He automatically gets $10k life insurance for 100%, be sure to push for it too. As his WAR TIME survivor, you're entitled to much more than just the monthly pay. You can get ChampVa medical, as secondary, free meds directly from them too. If you, yourself need home care in the future, as survivor of WAR TIME Veteran, you get that too. Do your research, get all the benefits you qualify for. Don't sell yourself short.

​@@cindybraddy7372will you get that for life?

If single, Aid & Attendance is reduced. If divorced and remarried you would need to let the VA know and provide new spouse's information

I don't have much to go on so I am going to say it depends. Have you gone to you local VA office and asked? That is the first place you need to go.

It depends. The child might be able to receive DIC but call my office so that we can discuss this.

Have you filed for benefits and beeen declined or merely told you don't qualify? My advise file now within a year of your husband's death. If the VA denies you let me know. Thanks Dale

@davidsonlawoffices I have filed an appeal and awaiting a response

Is your wife a US Citizen? Please call my office to schedule a conference to discuss this.

I am going to guess that they are reducing your pension becuase you don't have enough unreimbursed medcial expenses. Give us a call 229-226-8183. Thanks

The VA just cut off my pension back in March 2023 because I started drawing SS Benefits. They also claim I owe them $67,000.00 because my SS started 4 years earlier.

I suggest you all contact the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) at your local Veteran Hospital, or local Veteran Services Organization (VSO), or local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) can assist you.

She will not get the same pay. 21-534 is the form.

Disability indemnity compensation for spouses and dependents. Va compensation is for Veterans

VA Aid&Attendance is for lifetime

Its possible but there are not enough facts here to give you any direction

She's fine ,must be "one year legally married", no less, as i read

She would qualify for DIC

Thanks for your help

Generally no becuase he was already rated 100%.

Your Husband had to be 100% disabled for 10 conservative years prior to his death in order to qualify for DIC

Unemployability applies to the Veteran and not to the spouse. Thanks

Contact the DAV, they should be able to help you with the DIC paperwork. You should be eligible and probably qualify for arrears payment too.

You can also go to VA website. Get all information, forms needed there.

You say she was 100% service connected, but then you say you receive her pension. In VA language that's two separate types of disability benefits. Service connected has to do with disabilities caused or aggravated by military service and pension is for veterans who served atleast 1 day during a period of wartime. Not necessarily in combat just in the military. Furthermore service connected pays at a much higher rate and has more benefits

@@johnrogers3781 she was injured in a car accident during desert shield. She was on a 30 day set of orders activated from the air national guard to active duty to replace active duty members who were deployed to Kuwait .

@@FearTurtles sorry about your loss. Was she in a military vehicle in the accident? I know the spouse of 100% veterans don't receive any type of payments unless the veteran has been collecting 100% for a ten year period. Depending on your state of residence you should qualify for property tax rebate if you own your home as long as you haven't remarried

Disability Indemnity Compensation paid to spouses of deceased veterans and dependents.

The surviving spouse would receive the larger of the DIC or Aid & Attendance, not both. Hope this helps. Have a great day.

You would get the larger of the 2-DIC or Aid & Attendance