VA benefits are not taxable. They do not get entered on any tax return. Meanwhile, if you have taxable income, you are losing all of the advantages of filing a joint return. You could file a joint return even without his income on the return, and then you would get the higher married standard deduction of $31,500 (+ $1600 for each spouse 65 or older) and you would get $6000 senior deductions for each of you that is 65 or older. And you could be eligible for earned income credit. Filing MFS sounds .....foolish.....disadvantageous to both of you.
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