If you have filed a claim for VA Aid and Attendance Pension, be on the lookout for an Eligibility Verification Report (EVR) to be mailed to you each calendar year. This EVR must be completed and sent in to the Veterans Administration to avoid termination of benefits.
To complete the EVR, you should gather all of your receipts from Home Health Care, Assisted Living, or Nursing Home care, bills for medical supplies and all other unreimbursed medical costs. Then, you can conveniently enter the totals on the EVR form. You do not have to submit the receipts, but you should keep them filed away in a safe place in case the costs are later questioned.
Many families are not aware that even once their claim has been granted and payments from the VA started, there is a small amount of work to do each year in submitting the EVR. Keep in mind that if family income or assets have increased, or medical expenses have reduced, eligibility for Aid and Attendance Pension could be affected.
At Golowin Legal, we assist our clients in filing VA Aid and Attendance Eligibility Verification Reports EVR’s each year. Please call us if you’d like some guidance.