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 Welcome to the V1Community website!!!
Welcome to the V1 Community website. This site will assist you in finding an enhanced independent, assisted living or private pay nursing home in your area that has a working relationship with The American Association for Wartime Veterans (AAWV). This website is updated by AAWV at no cost to you, and is available for all Veteran 1st Communities. Each community found on this site is committed to helping veterans, and their surviving spouses, by educating their residents regarding the Aid & Attendance benefit through a local Professional Member of AAWV.

To find out more information on this benefit and the basic qualifications please visit the American Association for Wartime Veterans website at usawarvet.org.

If you are a Veteran 1st Community and would like to be listed on this site, or would like to learn more on becoming a Veteran 1st Community please click on the "login | Register" button at the top of this page, or click on the "Community Sign Up" tab.
About Us

The American Association For Wartime Veterans (AAWV) was established in 2002 as a community outreach program designed to help educate veterans, spouses of veterans and their families learn about the VA administered Aid and Attendance benefit. AAWV has help thousands and thousands of veterans and surviving spouses obtain the Aid and Attendance benefit.

AAWV is a Michigan based organization that works in harmony with senior independent living, assisted living and private pay nursing home communities to educate veterans and families on the benefit, its qualifications, what is needed to apply, and how to properly submit an approvable application.

AAWV holds educational seminars, at no charge, in communities throughout 24 states with plans for expansion to more than 35 states by year end 2010. Currently over 1000 communities have signed up as "Veteran 1st Communities" to work with AAWV in educating veterans and their families. For residents, or potential residents of those communities, Professional Members of AAWV meet with families prior to the application process at no charge.

2010 Rate Table Aid & Attendance
CategoryAnnualyMonthly
Two veterans married to each other$ 31,577.00$ 2,631.00
Veteran Aid & Attendance without dependents$ 20,477.00$ 1,703.00
Veteran Aid & Attendance with one dependent$ 24,239.00$ 2,019.00
Surviving Spouse with Aid & Attendance$ 13,138.00$ 1,094.00
The Improved Pension with Aid and Attendance benefit is one of the most misunderstood benefits being administered by the VA today. Many families who attempt to complete the 20 page application put down inaccurate information and miss many of the detailed supporting documents that are needed by the VA. This leads to delays, denials and frustration causing many families to give up. Our offices hear over and over, ''we wish we knew about you guys before we talked to _______.''

Improved Pension has been around since 1951 but because of the multi faceted requirements needed when applying, a lot of wrong information is being put out over the internet and passed around in communities all over the US. We run across veterans or spouses daily that have been told they don't or can't qualify when actually they can.
Misunderstood Statements:
To get this benefit the veteran must have suffered an injury,been wounded or died during service?WRONG
To get this benefit the veteran must have been in battle?WRONG
To get this benefit the veteran must have served during the whole war?WRONG
To get this benefit the veteran or spouse must be out of money?WRONG
To get this benefit the veteran must be living in a nursing home or assisted living complex?WRONG
To get this benefit the veteran can't be getting a military pension?WRONG
If the Veteran is receiving a partial VA disability they can't get this benefit?WRONG

Because of the extremely high workload of all VA offices, their representatives can only provide the basic requirements of the benefits. Many people are told they are not qualified, when in fact they would qualify. The key is asking the right questions. Our offices across the country have already asked the right questions and we would like to share that knowledge with you. We have educated over 390,000 wartime veterans and their families over the last eight years and are well on our way of meeting our education goal of One Million veterans by 2013.

The confusion begins with the VA terminology and ends with the mind-boggling task of knowing what forms need to be completed, in what level of detail, and with what type of documentation that is considered acceptable for a determination. To take the time on this website to give you all the in's/outs and backwards/forwards of each type of case would be impossible. So to help families through the process we have trained professional members of AAWV who conduct free informational seminars to relay the basic information on what is needed when applying. If families want a in-depth review of the veteran or spouse's personal situation, a professional member of AAWV will provide a one-on-one time to answer all personal questions that you may not want to be brought up in a group environment.

Three Key Eligiblity Requirements To Keep In Mind
(1) The veteran must have served in active military for 90 or more consecutive days, with 1 day during a period of wartime as defined by the Veterans Administration.
(2) The veteran must have been discharged under anything other than dishonorable conditions.
3) The veteran must be over the age of 65 or disabled
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