About the author
Martin Mudd
Martin walks veterans and surviving spouses through VA Aid and Attendance, from the first question to an approved benefit that pays for care at home. If you served, or your spouse served, he is the one you should talk to.
Partner, Certified Dementia Practitioner, and our Veterans benefits lead. Writes in English.
In their own words
Martin runs the veterans side of this office. He does VA Aid and Attendance every week: the wartime service test, the medical need, the money question, and the surviving spouse claim that almost nobody tells widows about.
He is also a Certified Dementia Practitioner, which is why the care plans here are written by someone with formal dementia training rather than assembled from a template.
If you served, or your husband or wife served, start with Martin. If your question is what care costs or whether your policy pays, start with Teri.
What Martin is the authority on
- VA Aid and Attendance, and the four routes through it
- Surviving spouse claims, the most missed benefit of the lot
- Dementia care practice, as a Certified Dementia Practitioner
Cost and insurance questions go to Teri. Read about Teri Rosado
Common questions about Martin
He handles Aid and Attendance claims for veterans and surviving spouses every week, including the surviving spouse claim that most widows are never told about. He treats a claim as a tracked file, which is his project management background showing.
Ask Martin whether the VA applies
Veterans and surviving spouses. Bring the discharge papers if you have them, and nothing else.