Appendix B: VA Verification - VA Pension and Aid and Attendance Rates

Single Veterans Benefits
Gross (identifiable) Monthly VA Pension		Monthly Aid and Attendance Portion
A		B
2016	2017	2016	2017
$1,788	$1,075 Without Spouse or Child	$716	$719 Base Rate $1,794 Without Dependents
Surviving Spouse Benefits
$1,149	$721 Without Dependent Child	$430	$432 Base Rate $1,153 Without Dependents
Instructions: If the monthly VA payment (check or direct deposit) is exactly as shown in Column A, then the Aid and Attendance portion is shown in Column B. If any other rate is shown, send a benefit verification request to the VA Regional Office. VA Pension rates can be found at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
NOTE: The 2017 rates became effective on December 1, 2016, with the first check or direct deposit paid on January 1, 2017.

Veterans Affairs Regional Offices

Veterans Affairs *

Regional Office and Insurance Center

P.O. Box 8079

Philadelphia, PA 19101

Phone No.: 1-800-827-1000 (National Call Center)

* Insert at lower left of envelope (for CAO use only):

Attention: 213 - DO NOT OPEN IN MAILROOM

For the following counties:
Adams Berks Bradford Bucks Cameron Carbon Centre Chester Clinton Columbia	Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Franklin Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne	Lycoming Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike	Potter Schuylkill Snyder Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Wayne Wyoming York

Veterans Affairs *

Regional Office

1000 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Phone No: 1-800-827-1000 (National Call Center)

*Insert at lower left of envelope (for CAO use only):

Attention: CP 21 (A and A) - DO NOT OPEN IN MAILROOM

For the following counties:
Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Blair Butler Cambria	Clarion Clearfield Crawford Elk Erie Fayette Forest	Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Lawrence McKean	Mercer Somerset Venango Warren Washington Westmoreland

The CAO must give the VA the following when asking for confirmation of the benefit amount:

A copy of the signed Authorization for Information (PA 4)
Full name and birth date of the veteran
Full name and birth date of the claimant (the individual making the claim)
Veteran's VA claim or “C” number, military service number, or Social Security number
Relationship of the individual to the veteran (for example, wife, widow, parent, or child)

Reviewed January 9, 2017 ; Replacing May 15, 2013