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title: "North Dakota VA Aid & Attendance | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/north-dakota/va-aid-attendance/
description: "How VA Aid and Attendance can add to a VA pension in North Dakota, plus the state's Veterans Home and disabled-veteran property-tax credit."
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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North Dakota · VA Benefits

# North Dakota VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

Aid and Attendance is a federal VA benefit added on top of a qualifying VA pension, and it operates entirely under its own eligibility rules — separate from anything North Dakota Medicaid decides. VA extends the benefit to Veterans and survivors who need another person's help with activities like bathing, feeding, or dressing; who must stay in bed for much of the day due to illness; who live in a nursing home because of a disability-related loss of abilities; or who meet specified visual-impairment standards.

Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits can't both be paid at the same time, according to VA. A claim tied to a nursing-home stay may require VA Form 21-0779 in addition to the standard pension paperwork, and VA directs aid-and-attendance-based claims through the regular pension application process. Veterans and survivors should work with a VA-accredited representative for current evidence requirements, and any income received still needs to be disclosed separately to HHS for Medicaid purposes.

## 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/)
- [North Dakota HHS: Medicaid Eligibility](https://www.hhs.nd.gov/healthcare/medicaid/eligibility)

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

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