All Medicaid Programs |
Obsolete Policy |
Do not count Agent Orange settlement payments. Based on the court settlement, these payments should have been made between 1985 and 1995. (See Sec. 521-25 for resource exclusion.) Do not count interest earned on retained funds as income. Current monthly VA payments to the veteran or surviving spouse (pensions or compensation) may be based on a disability caused by exposure to Agent Orange; however, such payments are not from the Agent Orange Settlement and are countable income. If the payments are made on behalf of or to a disabled child of a veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange, See 403-4.21 (Disaster Relief Funds).