Veteran's Benefits

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Veterans' Home Improvement Programs

Some of the improvements include:

Barrier-free showers

Raised height toilet fixtures

Accessable vanity and lavatory

Grab bars and hand rails

Pressure balance Shower Valves

New Bathroom Flooring

Enlarged Doorways for Easier Access

Mirrors and Medicine Cabinets

Replacement Electrical Switches and Recepticles

Ramps

Concrete Walks

The VA offers a home modification program called the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant. HISA grants are available to veterans with service-connected disabilities, or veterans with disabilities not related to their military service. These grants provide assistance for any home improvement necessary for the continuation of treatment, or for purposes of allowing access to the home or modifying a bathroom. Eligibility requires a medical determination that improvements and structural alterations are necessary or appropriate for effective and economical treatment of the veteran’s disability. A veteran may receive a HISA grant concurrently with either a SHA or SAH grant. The maximum HISA grant amounts are $4,100 for service-connected veterans and $1,200 for nonservice-connected veterans. To apply for the grant you must fill out VA Form 10-0103, Veterans Application for Assistance in Acquiring Home Improvement and Structural Alterations, and submit it to your local VA medical center.

The second type of VA home modification program is the Special Home Adaptation (SHA) grant. The SHA grant is available to assist veterans in modifying an existing home to meet their adaptive needs. The maximum allowable SHA grant is $10,000. The SHA grant requires that veterans have a service-connected disability that entitles them to compensation for permanent and total disability due to blindness in both eyes with visual acuity of 5/200 or less, or the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands or arms below the elbow.

The VA imposes strict procedures during the grant process. Applicants for VA home modification grants must file a completed VA Form 26-4555, Veterans Application in Acquiring Specially Adapted Housing or Special Home Adaptation Grant, with their local VA regional office for SAH and SHA grants, or VA Form 10-0103, Veterans Application for Assistance in Acquiring Home Improvement and Structural Alterations, with their local VA medical center. Both forms must be filed prior to the start of construction. Once a grant has been approved, the VA will work closely throughout the entire process with contractors and architects to design, construct and modify homes that meet the individuals’ housing accessibility needs. The VA may also inspect an existing home or construction plans for a new home before approving a home modification grant.

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