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Enhanced Pension Benefits
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 Eligibility for Enhance Pension Benefit Veterans with low incomes who are either permanently and totally disabled, or age 65 and older, may be eligible for monetary support if they have 90 days or more of active military service, at least one day of which was during a period of war.
The veteran’s discharge must have been under conditions other than dishonorable and the disability must be for reasons other than the veteran’s own willful misconduct.
Payments are made to bring the veteran’s total income, including other retirement or Social Security income, to a level set by Congress. Disability
Pension The Veteran's Administration refers to this pension as a "disability pension" which for veteran's under the age of 65 eligibility is based
on the health
needs of the veteran. However all veteran's regardless of health may apply for pension benefits when they reach the age of 65. In addition to the veteran's base pension veterans (and their
surviving spouse and dependent children) may qualify for additional health related payments. This increase in the base pension is often referred to as Aid & Attendance
and is added to
the base pension if the veteran qualifies.
Income Eligibility The Veteran's Administration also
discourages veteran's to apply for a pension by
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