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Big Changes for VA Benefits

February 1, 2015 by bob mason

Cartoon: Whose side were you on?

 New ways of counting assets. Penalties for transferring assets. If you are even remotely interested in VA benefits such as Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits under the VA Special Monthly Pension or Improved Pension you should read this article. You’ve been warned. Last …

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Paper Files Threaten VA Building Collapse!

September 3, 2012 by bob mason

Shiver me timbers! Errr . . . Bend Me I-Beams! Crack Me Concrete! Seeing is believing! Check this photo gallery to see the destructive force of . . . PAPER! Vets . . . you ever wonder why those applications take soooo long? Or why once an application has been filed it can take …

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Straight Scoop On Annuities And VA Benefits

September 2, 2012 by bob mason

Vets Beware! Are you a veteran interested in VA benefits . . . but worried about being taken for an “annuity ride”? Want to know the best way to use annuities if you are looking at VA benefits? Read on! The problem:  Some unscrupulous annuity sales people use VA benefits as an …

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Big VA Benefit Changes Coming

June 14, 2012 by bob mason

VA Pension benefit (Aid & Attendance) rules will likely borrow a few Medicaid concepts under legislation proposed by North Carolina Senator Richard Burr and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. Thanks to the kindness of Senator Burr’s office, I have managed to grab a copy of the bill …

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VA Aid and Attendance – Coastal Senior, June 2008

January 10, 2010 by bob mason

Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Big Veterans Benefit Often MIA Time for a riddle. What do less than 25% of eligible people ever receive, …

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