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Nursing-Home Care
Nursing care in VA or private nursing homes may be provided for veterans who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care. If space and resources are available in VA facilities, VA may provide nursing-home care. Veterans who have a service-connected disability are given first priority for nursing-home care. The following may be provided nursing-home care without an income eligibility assessment: veterans with service-connected disability, veterans who were exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam, veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during atmospheric testing or in the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, veterans with a condition related to an environmental exposure in the Persian Gulf, veterans of the Mexican Border period of World War 1 and veterans who are eligible for Medicaid.
Nonservice-connected veterans and zero percent, noncompensable, service-connected veterans requiring nursing-home care for any Nonservice-connected disability must submit an income eligibility assessment form, VA Form 10-10F, to determine whether they will be billed for nursing-home care. |
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Domiciliary Care
Domiciliary care provides rehabilitative and long-term, health maintenance care for veterans who require minimal medical care but who do not need the skilled nursing services provided in nursing homes. VA may provide domiciliary care to veterans whose annual income does not exceed the maximum annual rate of VA pension or to veterans the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines have no adequate means of support.
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