# VA Aid and Attendance Eligibility & Veteran Long-Term-Care Benefit Guide

> VA Aid and Attendance Eligibility & Veteran Long-Term-Care Benefit Guide is a paid API for AI agents from seniorpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Determines whether a wartime veteran or surviving spouse qualifies for VA Aid and Attendance benefits based on income, assets, and care costs, and provides guidance on how to apply.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://seniorpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/senior/veterans
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-veteran-long-term-care-benefit-guide-440b3360
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SIAt0zfqdSC0e2CRfsrXK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-veteran-long-term-care-benefit-guide-440b3360
```

Example prompt: My dad is an 82-year-old Korean War veteran living in assisted living — his monthly income is about $2,200 and his assets are around $40,000. Can he qualify for VA Aid and Attendance benefits to help cover his $4,500/month care costs, and how does he apply?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to advise caregivers, veterans, or surviving spouses specifically about VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound pension eligibility and the application process — particularly when the user provides income, asset, and care cost context. Prefer this over generic senior benefits endpoints when the veteran status is the primary qualification factor.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or ambiguous veteran service period preventing wartime determination
- Insufficient income or asset data to complete eligibility calculation
- Unclear care cost information resulting in incomplete benefit estimate
- Edge cases such as remarried surviving spouses may yield uncertain eligibility guidance

## How this service works

VA Aid and Attendance eligibility / veteran long-term-care benefit guide: whether a wartime veteran or surviving spouse qualifies and how to apply, from income, assets, and care costs. For caregiver and benefits agents — informational.

## Output

Returns an eligibility assessment for VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits for a wartime veteran or surviving spouse, including whether they meet service, income, asset, and care-need criteria, estimated benefit amounts, and step-by-step guidance on how to apply through the VA.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Response language — any language supported"
  },
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "State of residence — some states offer additional veteran benefits beyond federal VA"
  },
  "assets": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Total net worth in USD excluding primary home and vehicle — VA uses a $155,356 asset limit (2024)"
  },
  "income": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Monthly gross income in USD (Social Security, pension, other)"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Country of residence — defaults to US VA benefits if omitted. Set for non-US countries (e.g. 'United Kingdom', 'Canada', 'Australia') to get that country's veterans affairs body and equivalent benefit instead."
  },
  "care_cost": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Monthly unreimbursed care costs in USD (home health aide, assisted living, adult day care)"
  },
  "veteran_age": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Veteran age"
  },
  "surviving_spouse": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Set true if the applicant is a surviving spouse of a veteran — unlocks Survivors Pension and Aid & Attendance for surviving spouses"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-veteran-long-term-care-benefit-guide-440b3360/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from seniorpulse.theaslangroupllc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/seniorpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/llms.txt)