Illinois VA Aid & Attendance

There's a genuine gap in the public record here: no Illinois-specific HFS or IDHS policy was located that expressly confirms how VA Aid & Attendance income is treated in Illinois Medicaid eligibility or patient-liability calculations.

Other states offer a useful analogy, though not a confirmed answer for Illinois. Texas and Virginia Medicaid manuals, for example, treat VA Aid & Attendance and Housebound allowances — along with VA reimbursement for unusual medical expenses — as excluded income, while still generally counting the base VA pension or compensation. That's a reasonable pattern to expect, but it's not the same as confirmed Illinois policy, so veterans and their families should verify directly with IDHS or HFS before relying on it.