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4 VETERANS Reporter News www.VeteransReporterNews.com August 1 %u2022 2025INVITATIONJewish War Veterans of the USASgt. Manny Peven Post 65Henderson, NV 89044Meets the First Sundayof Every MonthFor further information contact:JERRY(702) 565-1430Second Lady Usha Vance Highlights Summer Reading Challenge Event with Military Families%u25a0 The Office of the Vice President %u00b7On Monday, June 23, 2025, Second Lady Usha Vance hosted an event for National Military Family Association (NMFA) children at the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center in Williamsburg, VA.Ms. Vance kicked off the event with brief remarks informing the children present about the opportunity to participate in her Summer Reading Challenge and then began to read to the group. Following her remarks, Ms. Vance participated in a Q&A session with the children who were excited to hear about her role as Second Lady and collectively told her all of their favorite books to read. She then helped children create their own book covers in a fun activity, and the event concluded.%u201cSummer is a great time for learning, and what better place to learn than while having fun at camp! I am very grateful to the Jamestown 4-H and NMFA team members who made this event possible,%u201d said Second Lady Usha Vance.Aid and Attendance and Housebound Benefits%u25a0 Military.com | By Jim Absher and Amanda Miller %u00b7Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits are special benefits paid in addition to the Department of Veterans Affairs%u2019 pension benefit. Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits help with paying for in%u2013home care, assisted living or a nursing home. If a veteran or spouse qualifies for Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits, it increases their maximum annual pension rate, or MAPR.VA Aid and AttendanceAid and Attendance (A&A) is a benefit paid in addition to monthly veteran pension and disability compensation. A&A can help cover the cost of in%u2013home care, assisted living or a nursing home.This benefit may not be paid without eligibility for pension. Veterans may be eligible for A&A when:They need the aid of another person in order to perform personal functions required in everyday living, such as bathing, feeding, dressing, attending to the wants of nature, adjusting prosthetic devices, or protecting themself from the hazards of their daily environmentThey are bedridden. They are a patient in a nursing home due to mental or physical incapacityThey are blind or have corrected vision of 5/200 or less, in both eyes, or concentric contraction of the visual field to 5 degrees or less.Housebound BenefitsLike A&A, Housebound benefits can%u2019t be paid without eligibility for pension. Veterans may be eligible for Housebound benefits when:They have a single permanent disability evaluated as 100% and, due to that disability, they are permanently and substantially confined to their homeThey have a single permanent disability evaluated as 100% and another disability, or disabilities, evaluated as 60% or greater.A veteran can%u2019t get both Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits at the same time.Applying for Aid and Attendance and Housebound BenefitsYou may apply for Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits by contacting your local VA office. You may also contact the VA at 800-827-1000 for more help.You should include copies of any evidence, preferably a report from a doctor validating the need for Aid and Attendance or Housebound type care.The report should be in sufficient detail to determine whether there is disease or injury producing physical or mental impairment, loss of coordination, or conditions affecting the ability to dress and undress, to feed oneself, to attend to sanitary needs, and to keep oneself ordinarily clean and presentable.Whether the claim is for Aid and Attendance or Housebound, the report should indicate how well the applicant gets around, where the applicant goes, and what he or she is able to do during a typical day. In addition, it is necessary to determine whether the claimant is confined to the home or immediate premises.Second Lady Usha Vance