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Veterans Benefits

What Is the New VA Transfer Penalty for Needs Based Benefits?

As mentioned in our previous blog post, the Department of Veterans Affairs has formally finalized new rules that establish asset transfer penalties, a three year lookback period, and new asset limits for those individuals applying for VA needs-based benefits. In this blog post, we’ll address those asset transfer penalties and how they interact with the …

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What You Need to Know About Recent Changes in VA Law: Part I

In October of 2018, the Veterans’ Administration released new regulations that makes it far more difficult for applicants to qualify for VA benefits then it did in the past. These rule changes affect several different aspects of VA benefits such as creating new Medicaid-like transfer penalties related to an applicant’s net worth. If you are …

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