No one suggested that 4 years does not qualify you for VA benefits. Most VA benefits are available after 90 days active duty. Full medical care is not one of them. It is based on a myriad of facts, primarily is a condition as a result of connection to military service. There could be thousands of examples, the one that stand out, is if you were in the USAF during Vietnam and exposed to Agent Orange and have developed diabetes then you would receive a percentage of disability, based on many many factors of the disease. The percentage is even a figure that is varied. If you worked on the flight line and have hearing problems, then that could be a basis for a disability determination. Just two examples.
Again, go to the VA.gov site to get the particulars. Complete a VA Form 10-10EZ, Application for Health Benefits. If you are determined to have service connected issues, such as I have outlined above, then you will be placed in a priority system based on severity and other facts which include, as also outlined above by someone else, the ability to pay.
It is not a simple straightforward issue and be patient, whatever you do. Having said all of that I'll give you another example, my daughter-in-law spent 2 and 1/2 years in the Army 20 plus years ago. Her husband has been out of work for nearly 3 years, their income is near the poverty level and she has not had medical care for quite some time. She went to the VA several months ago, went thru the "means" process, and as you could imagine is now getting all of her medical care by the VA.
There is a Veterans Service Office in the Sumter County County Building on 466A near Wildwood also which is another source of information. I have not been there yet but I am sure that they have brochures as well as access to web sites.
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