| Health-Care Enrollment |
| To receive health care, veterans after October
1998 must be enrolled with VA, except for: |
1. Veterans with a service-connected disability of 50
percent or more.
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2. Veterans discharged less than one year for a
compensable disability.
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3. Veterans seeking care for a service-connected
disability.
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To permit better planning of health resources,
these three categories of veterans, however, are urged to apply for enrollment as well.
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| Veterans will be enrolled to the extent Congressional
appropriations allow. If appropriations are limited, enrollment will occur based on
the following priority: |
| 1. Veterans with service-connected conditions rated 50
percent or more disabling. |
| 2. Veterans with service-connected conditions who are
rated 30 or 40 percent disabling. |
| 3. Veterans who are former POWs, veterans discharged
from active duty for compensable conditions and veterans awarded special eligibility
classification. |
| 4. Veterans who are receiving aid and attendance or
housebound benefits and veterans who have been determined by VA to be catastrophically
disabled. |
| 5. Nonservice-connected veterans and service-connected
veterans rated zero percent disabled, whose income and net worth are below the established
thresholds. |
| 6. All other eligible veterans who are not required to
make copayments for their treatment. This includes World War I and Mexican Border War
veterans, veterans receiving care for exposure to toxic substances or environmental
hazards while in service and compensable zero percent service-connected veterans. |
| 7. Nonservice-connected veterans and noncompensable
zero percent service-connected veterans with income and net worth above the statutory
threshold who agree to pay copayments. |
| Veterans will remain enrolled for one year, after which
enrollment will be reviewed and renewed depending upon resources available to VA. Veterans
who are not renewed will be notified in writing. |
