DIC and nursing home care

Question:

Jim; I've been 100% P&T for ten years and I understand that my wife is eligible for DIC, but does the VA make a big deal about approving that benefit? Also, as someone entitled to nursing home care, does the VA make that a problem to apply for? Thanks for all the work you do for veterans, if I had a nickel for every time I told a veteran, both young and old, about this web site I'd be rich. God bless you and Larry Scott.

Jim's Reply:

VA is pretty good about quickly awarding the DIC benefit to eligible dependents. In fact, the funeral home director may provide VA with enough intel that the award is almost instantaneous. That isn't always true about nursing home care so you'll need to do some planning for that...start local.