Blind Veterans Pension — $150 a Month for Life
A state pension on top of anything the VA pays, for service-connected loss of vision. You must have been a Pennsylvanian when you enlisted.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
A state pension on top of anything the VA pays, for service-connected loss of vision. You must have been a Pennsylvanian when you enlisted.
What it's worth: $150 a month, for life
- This is a state pension paid in addition to any federal VA compensation. It does not offset or reduce what the VA pays.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You were discharged honorably or under honorable conditions.
- You were a Pennsylvania resident when you entered the military.
- You have a service-connected loss of vision.
- Your home is in Pennsylvania.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Check where you were living when you enlisted before anything else — that, not your address now, is what decides this.
- 2Apply through your County Director of Veterans Affairs. Pennsylvania grants this at state level, not county level.
- File with
- Your County Director of Veterans Affairs
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyPA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs — Blind Veterans Pension
Why only one source type: The administering department publishes the eligibility and the amount on its own programme page, which is both authority and operating source.
This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.