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description: "Federal Aid and Attendance may supplement a qualifying VA pension while Montana has three State Veterans Homes and a disabled-veteran property-tax program."
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Montana · VA Benefits

# Montana VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

VA Aid and Attendance isn't a Montana Medicaid program — it's a federal benefit layered on top of an existing VA pension. The VA pays it as a monthly addition to a qualifying veteran's or survivor's pension, and a person can't collect both Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits at the same time.

To qualify, a pension recipient generally needs help from another person for daily activities like bathing, feeding, or dressing; is substantially bedridden; is in a nursing home because of a disability-related loss of mental or physical function; or meets the VA's specific visual-impairment standard.

Applying involves paperwork: a nursing-home applicant completes VA Form 21-0779 along with the standard Aid and Attendance materials, and for mailed applications, a medical examiner fills out the exam section of VA Form 21-2680.

Montana veterans also have access to three State Veterans Homes — in Columbia Falls, Butte, and Glendive — as an institutional option outside the standard Medicaid nursing-facility network.

## Sources and official resources

- [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Aid and Attendance and Housebound](https://www.va.gov/pension/aid-attendance-housebound/)
- [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Pension Rates](https://www.va.gov/pension/veterans-pension-rates/)
- [Montana DPHHS: How Can Medicaid Help with Nursing Home Bills?](https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/sltc/ADRC/MedicaidHelpBrochure.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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