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description: "VA Aid and Attendance can supplement pension benefits while South Carolina offers six State Veterans Homes and a disabled-veteran property-tax exemption."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
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South Carolina · VA Benefits

# South Carolina VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

**Quick answer:** VA Aid and Attendance is a monthly addition to a VA pension for eligible veterans and survivors who need help with daily activities, are bedridden, live in a nursing home because of disability, or have severe visual impairment. In South Carolina, VA eligibility and Healthy Connections Medicaid eligibility are separate decisions.

Aid and Attendance is a monthly addition to a qualifying VA pension, available to eligible veterans and their survivors. The VA points to several qualifying circumstances: needing help with daily activities, being bedridden, living in a nursing home because of disability-related loss of ability, or having a specified level of severe visual impairment. One limitation worth noting — a person cannot draw both Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits simultaneously.

It's important to keep VA eligibility, Healthy Connections Medicaid eligibility, and admission to a State Veterans Home as three separate decisions. A VA award letter is valuable evidence of income and benefit type, but it doesn't substitute for a Medicaid application or an SCDHHS level-of-care determination. Families should hand the actual award documentation to the Medicaid caseworker rather than assume the benefit is automatically excluded — or automatically counted — without that step.

South Carolina operates six State Veterans Homes and offers a disabled-veteran property-tax exemption as additional supports worth factoring into a veteran's overall plan.

## 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/)
- [SCDHHS: Nursing Facilities](https://www.scdhhs.gov/resources/programs-and-initiatives/long-term-living/nursing-facilities)

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

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