Mississippi does not charge a daily resident fee at a State Veterans Nursing Home if you need nursing-home care for a VA-adjudicated service-connected disability, you have a combined service-connected rating of 70 percent or more, or you are paid at 100 percent for individual unemployability and need nursing-home care. If you cannot pay, you may ask for help with the cost of care.
Apply for admission to a Mississippi State Veterans Home. Ask the home or Mississippi Veterans Affairs to apply the daily-charge exemption under Miss. Code Ann. § 35-1-27. Applications are available from MSVA offices, many hospital social-work departments, or msva.ms.gov.
Your DD214 or equivalent, a current VA rating letter showing the qualifying rating or that the need for nursing-home care is service-connected, and the home’s admission medical packet.
