Medicaid and VA Pension Planning in Denver, CO

Our detail-oriented lawyers provide a variety of Medicaid planning services, including:

• Determining your eligibility in Colorado
• Determining and assisting in appropriate planning strategies 
• Filing Medicaid applications and handling Medicaid appeals in case of an adverse decision

Without any planning, you will likely drain your savings paying for long term care costs until you finally qualify for Medicaid. Our Medicaid planning attorneys can help safeguard your assets while working to ensure your Medicaid eligibility. Even if you or a loved one already needs care, we can assist in seeking qualification.

Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Pension Planning

The Department of Veterans Affairs, often referred to as the VA, offers a benefit that can help pay for medical expenses. The benefit is called Improved Pension (or commonly referred to as Aid & Attendance). It provides a monthly financial benefit to those who need supplemental income to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses. You may be eligible if you are a wartime veteran or a surviving spouse. The veteran must have served only 90 days consecutively in active duty status with one of those days during a war-time period and received anything other than a dishonorable discharge. It is not necessary that the veteran was in a war zone. 

This monetary benefit can be used for:

• In-home care
• Private-pay nursing homes
• Assisted living communities

A surviving spouse of an eligible veteran can qualify for the pension. The so-called Survivors Pension is a tax-free benefit that is payable to the surviving spouse of an eligible veteran who has not remarried.

Contact our attorneys to find out if you or a loved one may be eligible for the VA pension. The eligibility rules can be complicated and often require detailed income and asset calculations. We will work with you to see if you are able to utilize this little-known benefit.