Veterans Benefits - Beyond Health Care

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides several types of non-health-care benefits to service members who were discharged other than dishonorably from active military service. These benefits include disability benefits, pension benefits, home loan guarantees, life insurance, and burial benefits.

Annuity Payout Options

An annuity contract includes provisions for paying out benefits to the annuitant or beneficiary. There are many payout options available. Generally, a portion of each annuity payment is income; thus, federal income tax applies.

Readmission into a Nursing Home Facility

A nursing home resident may need to leave the facility for any number of reasons such as hospitalization, family visits, or other types of therapeutic leave. Nursing homes have policies governing bed reservations or "bed holds" in the event that a resident has to leave the facility.

Employment - Veterans - Temporary and Excepted Service and Preference Enforcement

In the federal government, jobs not to exceed one year are known as temporary appointments. Agencies typically select candidates for temporary jobs either using the competitive examination process, discussed in detail in a separate article, or through a separate process known as "outside the register." Successful applicants for temporary jobs do not acquire status as civil service employees, nor are they eligible, outside of the competitive process, for career-conditional appointments. However, veterans are accorded preferences even in temporary appointments and in most excepted service positions.

Part A - Home Health Care and Confinement

Medicare Part A will cover many of the costs associated with home health care if the care is both medically reasonable and necessary. If the patient is not entitled to Part A coverage, Part B may provide coverage.