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SCI-Nurse · 07-12-2012, 02:09 AM

Have you connected with the PVA's PAVE Voc Rehab program? This is how we now get VR services for our SCI Veterans after many years of being dissatisfied with the VR program at our VAMC (which too heavily emphasized mental/emotional disability and not physical disability needs).

(KLD)

NHsciGuy · 07-12-2012, 12:21 PM

I wasnt aware the pva had a separate voc rehab program

SCI-Nurse · 07-12-2012, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NHsciGuy

I wasnt aware the pva had a separate voc rehab program

Click on the link above. I assume the NH in your name means New Hampshire? The closest office to you is in Boston, but they cover NH too:

Boston

Vocational Rehabilitation Office
West Roxbury VAMC
1400 Roxbury Parkway, Rm. AG 60
West Roxbury, MA 02132
Phone: 857-203-6091

(KLD)

ip · 07-19-2012, 11:43 AM

Do you have to be 100% service connected for spinal cord injury to get Aid & Attendance benefits? Or could you have been injured after service?

Oldtimer · 07-20-2012, 11:09 AM

You do not have to be service connected at all, with a spinal cord injury, to receive A&A. You do have to go through a lot of hoops to get there. Contact PVA or your closest VA about benefits. Good luck!

SCI-Nurse · 07-20-2012, 12:46 PM

Not all NSC veterans are eligible for A&A, but it is good to try to find out if you are eligible. If you are on VA pension, you are likely eligible. Here is some good information about it:

http://www.canhr.org/factsheets/misc...attendance.htm

http://www.alfa.org/images/alfa/Toolkits/VAToolkit.pdf

(KLD)

Oldtimer · 07-20-2012, 05:10 PM

For some veterans A&A is their VA pension. And yes, eligibility payment received goes by what your income is.

ip · 07-20-2012, 11:18 PM

Thanks guys. sounds like my PVA rep gave me some bad info. Maybe I'll apply on my own.

ip · 07-20-2012, 11:27 PM

Okay, another question then. Can a veteran get Aid & Attendance *AND* Fee Based Bowel & Bladder payments simultaneously?

SCI-Nurse · 07-20-2012, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ip

Okay, another question then. Can a veteran get Aid & Attendance *AND* Fee Based Bowel & Bladder payments simultaneously?

Yes, that is possible if you qualify for both.

(KLD)

07-20-2012, 11:09 AM	#15
Oldtimer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MN. Posts: 1,005	You do not have to be service connected at all, with a spinal cord injury, to receive A&A. You do have to go through a lot of hoops to get there. Contact PVA or your closest VA about benefits. Good luck! __________________ From the time you were born till you ride in a hearse, there is nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse! All fringe benifits must be authorized by Helen Waite, if you want your SCI fixed go to Helen Waite!

07-20-2012, 05:10 PM	#17
Oldtimer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MN. Posts: 1,005	For some veterans A&A is their VA pension. And yes, eligibility payment received goes by what your income is. __________________ From the time you were born till you ride in a hearse, there is nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse! All fringe benifits must be authorized by Helen Waite, if you want your SCI fixed go to Helen Waite!

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07-12-2012, 02:09 AM	#11
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,341	Have you connected with the PVA's PAVE Voc Rehab program? This is how we now get VR services for our SCI Veterans after many years of being dissatisfied with the VR program at our VAMC (which too heavily emphasized mental/emotional disability and not physical disability needs). (KLD)

07-12-2012, 12:21 PM	#12
NHsciGuy Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 80	I wasnt aware the pva had a separate voc rehab program

07-19-2012, 11:43 AM	#14
ip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California Posts: 353	Do you have to be 100% service connected for spinal cord injury to get Aid & Attendance benefits? Or could you have been injured after service?

07-20-2012, 12:46 PM	#16
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,341	Not all NSC veterans are eligible for A&A, but it is good to try to find out if you are eligible. If you are on VA pension, you are likely eligible. Here is some good information about it: http://www.canhr.org/factsheets/misc...attendance.htm http://www.alfa.org/images/alfa/Toolkits/VAToolkit.pdf (KLD)

07-20-2012, 11:18 PM	#18
ip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California Posts: 353	Thanks guys. sounds like my PVA rep gave me some bad info. Maybe I'll apply on my own.

07-20-2012, 11:27 PM	#19
ip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California Posts: 353	Okay, another question then. Can a veteran get Aid & Attendance AND Fee Based Bowel & Bladder payments simultaneously?