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Show Veterans' office answers queries Question Do I have to travel to the Veteran's Administration Regional Re-gional Office to obtain the required re-quired certificate of veteran status for a home loan from the FHA under the new Housing Hous-ing Act? Answer No, that will not be necessary. neces-sary. The mortgage banker, who will handle the home loan, has been supplied the certification certifi-cation paper, VA Form No. 26-8261 which he will forward for-ward to the VA. To insure prompt certification by the VA, you should submit with his request all discharge or separation papers from all periods of active service. Also, if you have ever filed a benefit bene-fit claim of any kind with the VA, supply your claim number (C-Number) on the form. Question I am receiving pension benefits bene-fits from the VA and must report my income each year. How do I deduct the 10 per cent allowed on my Social Security? Se-curity? There is no space to do this on the questionnaire. Answer The person reporting income does not take the deduction. The full amount of your income in-come must be reorted and the VA will allow the 10 percent exclusion as aplicable. Question I am a disabled veteran of World War I with a 100 per cent disability. I have a daughter daugh-ter who is going into her last year of high school and I have been told that she may be eligible for free schooling in some college through assistance assis-tance from the VA. Answer The son or daughter of a veteran who is rated with a 100 per cent disability on a permanent basis may be entitled en-titled to an educational allowance allow-ance of $100 a month while attending at-tending school beyond the high school level. The maximum entitlement en-titlement is 36 months. An eligible eli-gible child may file for this benefit by comleting VA form 21E-5490. |
