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title: "New York VA Aid & Attendance | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/new-york/va-aid-attendance/
description: "How VA Aid & Attendance can intersect with New York Medicaid, State Veterans Homes, and New York veterans property-tax exemptions."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
author: George A. Mellendorf, CLTC, LTCP (Central States Insurance Services, Inc.)
publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
note: Educational content; not legal, tax or financial advice. Markdown copy of the HTML page at the URL above.
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New York · VA Benefits

# New York VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

VA Aid & Attendance and New York Medicaid don't always speak the same language when it comes to counting income. Under SSI methodology, the Aid & Attendance and Housebound allowances are treated as unearned income exclusions for Medicaid eligibility purposes, while the underlying basic VA pension itself is still counted. Secondary sources describe this applying to Community Medicaid specifically, though a current Department of Health directive confirming the point directly wasn't located in this research.

The rules shift again once someone reaches the patient-pay, or share-of-cost, stage for institutional or waiver services. At that later point, Aid & Attendance is counted under the post-eligibility rule — so families shouldn't assume the treatment used at the eligibility stage automatically carries through to every later calculation.

## 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/)
- [New York DOH: Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver](https://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/long_term_care/nhtd/participant/)

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

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