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Originally Posted by Nevinator
WTH??? I believe you’re confusing VA healthcare benefits with VA benefits in general.
To be eligible for VA benefits, a veteran must have served on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training, with a discharge other than dishonorable. Certain benefits are also available to family members of service members. The VA has a multitude of benefits available for veterans ranging from educational opportunities, to VA backed home loans to various types of healthcare, to burial benefits in a National Cemetery. You do not need to be service disabled in order to take advantage of what the VA has to offer. This is a little payback for a young man or woman who at some point in their lives wrote a check payable to the U.S. Government for an amount: “Up to and including my life.”
I need to correct my post to VA Health benefits.
Retired military don’t qualify for VA health care cause they have tricare for life, UNLESS they have documented injury related active duty jobs which documented in their military records and has to be approved by VA for VA health care, separate from other common VA benifits. IF it wasn’t documented while on active duty you have to try to get VA to approve it. Good luck, unless you have inside sponsor.
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Retired military are veterans (assuming no dishonorable discharge) and do qualify for VA health care. Other insurance whether Tricare, Medicare or civilian have no bearing on VA eligibility. Having a VA approved disability does move a veteran up the priority ladder for getting care and may result in reduced co-pays.
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