38 Cfr

[john999]

What is the best site to do research on 38 CFR. I want to find out more on A&A housebound.

[Arch]

What is the best site to do research on 38 CFR. I want to find out more on A&A housebound.

Here is a good place to start;

http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/document...le38/part3.html

Arch

[carlie]

John,

38 CFR 3.350 -- 3.351 & -- 3.352 is what I could find.

Good luck, carlie

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http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21%5F...i/ch03/ch03.doc

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(h) Special aid and attendance benefit; 38 U.S.C. 1114®:

(1) Maximum compensation cases. A veteran receiving the maximum rate under 38 U.S.C. 1114 (o) or (p) who is in need of regular aid and attendance or a higher level of care is entitled to an additional allowance during periods he or she is not hospitalized at United States Government expense. (See §3.552(B)(2) as to continuance following admission for hospitalization.) Determination of this need is subject to the criteria of §3.352. The regular or higher level aid and attendance allowance is payable whether or not the need for regular aid and attendance or a higher level of care was a partial basis for entitlement to the maximum rate under 38 U.S.C. 1114(o) or (p), or was based on an independent factual determination.

(2) Entitlement to compensation at the intermediate rate between 38 U.S.C. 1114(n) and (o) plus special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114(k). A veteran receiving compensation at the intermediate rate between 38 U.S.C. 1114(n) and (o) plus special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114(k) who establishes a factual need for regular aid and attendance or a higher level of care, is also entitled to an additional allowance during periods he or she is not hospitalized at United States Government expense. (See §3.552(B)(2) as to continuance following admission for hospitalization.) Determination of the factual need for aid and attendance is subject to the criteria of §3.352.

(3) Amount of the allowance. The amount of the additional allowance payable to a veteran in need of regular aid and attendance is specified in 38 U.S.C. 1114®(1). The amount of the additional allowance payable to a veteran in need of a higher level of care is specified in 38 U.S.C. 1114®(2). The higher level aid and attendance allowance authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1114®(2) is payable in lieu of the regular aid and attendance allowance authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1114®(1).

(i) Total plus 60 percent, or housebound; 38 U.S.C. 1114(s). The special monthly compensation provided by 38 U.S.C. 1114(s) is payable where the veteran has a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent and:

(1) Has additional service-connected disability or disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent, separate and distinct from the 100 percent service-connected disability and involving different anatomical segments or bodily systems, or

(2) Is permanently housebound by reason of service-connected disability or disabilities. This requirement is met when the veteran is substantially confined as a direct result of service-connected disabilities to his or her dwelling and the immediate premises or, if institutionalized, to the ward or clinical areas, and it is reasonably certain that the disability or disabilities and resultant confinement will continue throughout his or her lifetime.