# VetPulse VA Aid and Attendance Eligibility Assessment

> VetPulse VA Aid and Attendance Eligibility Assessment is a paid API for AI agents from vetpulse-five.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Assesses a veteran's eligibility for the VA Aid and Attendance pension benefit, which can pay up to $2,727/month for veterans who need help with daily living activities.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://vetpulse-five.vercel.app/api/vet/aid-attendance
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vetpulse-va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-assessment-d1abb9f8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Yfv95DIAuIBlAsajyVwty

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 vetpulse-va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-assessment-d1abb9f8
```

Example prompt: My 78-year-old Army veteran father needs help with bathing, dressing, and meals every day — can you check if he qualifies for VA Aid and Attendance pension benefits and tell me how much he could receive per month?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent or benefits advisor needs to quickly determine whether a veteran qualifies for the VA Aid and Attendance pension add-on — especially for veterans who are elderly, in assisted living, nursing homes, or require daily personal care. Prefer this over general VA disability endpoints when the focus is specifically on the Aid and Attendance or Housebound pension tier, not on disability ratings or compensation.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient veteran profile data to complete eligibility assessment
- Missing or unverifiable service history information
- Income or asset information out of range or missing, preventing financial eligibility determination
- API returns error if required veteran parameters are absent

## How this service works

VA Aid and Attendance assessment for veteran and VA-benefits agents. Returns eligibility for the VA pension paying up to $2,727/month for veterans needing care.

## Output

Returns an eligibility assessment for the VA Aid and Attendance pension benefit, including whether the veteran meets the service, disability, care-need, and financial criteria, along with the potential monthly benefit amount (up to $2,727/month) and key qualifying factors.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "age": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Veteran age"
  },
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Response language — any language supported"
  },
  "needs": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Care needs description (e.g. 'requires daily assistance with bathing, dressing, and medication management')"
  },
  "assets": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Total net worth in USD excluding primary home and one vehicle"
  },
  "income": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Monthly gross income in USD (Social Security, pension, other)"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Country whose veteran pension/care-allowance system to assess: US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Germany (other countries supported on a best-effort basis). Defaults to US if omitted and cannot be inferred."
  },
  "care_cost": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Monthly unreimbursed care costs in USD — deducted from income for pension calculation"
  },
  "surviving_spouse": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "description": "Set true if applicant is a surviving spouse of a veteran — unlocks Survivors Pension and different Aid & Attendance rates"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vetpulse-va-aid-and-attendance-eligibility-assessment-d1abb9f8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vetpulse-five.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vetpulse-five.vercel.app/llms.txt)