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3.8.1 Elderly, Blind, or Disabled Individuals

3.8.1.1 EBD Introduction

3.8.1.2 Disabled Veterans

3.8.1.1 EBD Introduction

An elderly individual is a food unit member age 60 or older.

 

A disabled individual is a food unit member who receives disability or blindness benefits from any of these programs: SSA Social Security Administration, MA Medical Assistance, also known as Medicaid or Title 19, SSI Supplemental Security Income or SSI related MA, Railroad Retirement Board (RRB Railroad Retirement Board).  A food unit member who receives a VA Veterans Affairs payment must meet one of the criteria listed in 3.8.1.1 to be considered disabled.

 

If an individual is certified as disabled or blind by one of the above agencies, but has not received the initial benefit, consider him/her disabled.

 

An individual receiving retirement benefits from the RRB and found eligible for Medicare by the RRB is disabled. An individual who receives GA and meets the SSI program disability criteria is also disabled.

 

Use the elderly and disabled definitions to determine food unit membership, restaurant eligibility, student status, and medical, shelter, and utility deductions.

 

Under certain specific circumstances individuals and their spouses who are elderly and disabled may be a separate food unit even if they are living and eating with others. See 5.2.1 for rules related to FS-E eligibility.

 

3.8.1.2 Disabled Veterans

The definition of a Disabled Veteran is:

  1. A veteran with a disability rated by the VA as total or paid as total by the VA, or

  2. A veteran or surviving spouse A person recognized by Wisconsin law as another person's legal husband or wife. Wisconsin does not recognize common law marriage. of a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound, or

  3. A surviving child a person's biological, step, or adopted son or daughter, regardless of age. of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support, or

  4. A surviving spouse or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a non-service connected death and has a disability considered permanent by SSA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This page last updated in Release Number: 07-02

Release Date: 07/10/07

Effective Date: 07/10/07