USA SPENDING C&P B104 PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE CONNECTED FOR VETERANS MAY2019

<p>VBA BENEFIT PROGRAM to assist wartime veterans in need whose non-service- connected disabilities are permanent and total preventing them from following a substantially gainful occupation. A Veteran who meets the wartime service requirements is potential eligible if he/she is: • permanently and totally disabled for reasons not necessarily due to service, • age 65 or older, or • is presumed to be totally and permanently disabled for pension purposes because: o he/she is a patient in a nursing home for long-term care due to a disability, or o being disabled, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security (SS) for purposes of any benefits administered by the Commissioner, such as SS disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income. Income restrictions are prescribed in 38 U.S.C. 1521. Pension is not payable to those whose estates are so large that it is reasonable they use the estate for maintenance. A Veteran meets wartime service requirements if he/she served: • a total of 90 days or more during one or more periods of war; • 90 or more consecutive days that began or ended during a period of war; or • for any length of time during a period of war if he/she was discharged or released for a service-connected disability. Veterans entering service after September 7, 1980, must also meet the minimum active duty requirement of 24 months of continuous service or the full period to which the Veteran was called to active duty. (38 U.S.C.5303(A)).</p>

<p>美国退伍军人管理局（VBA）之福利项目旨在协助那些因非服役相关残疾而永久完全丧失劳动能力，从而无法从事有显著收入职业的战争时期退伍军人。符合战争服役要求的退伍军人如满足以下条件，则可能具备资格：• 因非服役原因而永久完全丧失劳动能力；• 年龄达到65岁或以上；或• 因养老金目的被推定为永久完全丧失劳动能力，原因如下：o 因残疾而需长期护理，并入住养老院；o 根据社会保障局（SS）的判定，残疾状态适用于由该局管理的任何福利，例如社会保障残疾福利或补充保障收入。收入限制规定在《美国法典》第38卷第1521条中。对于财产规模巨大，合理推测其财产用于维持生计的受益人，将不支付养老金。若退伍军人于1980年9月7日之后入伍，则还需满足最低24个月的连续服役要求，或被征召至现役的全期服役要求。（美国法典第38卷第5303(A)条款）。</p>