- Priority Group 1. Veterans with
service-connected conditions rated 50 percent or more disabling or
have been discharged or released from the military less than 12
months (365 days).
- Priority Group 2. Veterans with
service-connected conditions rated 30-40 percent or more disabling.
- Priority Group 3.
> Veterans who are former
prisoners of war.
> Veterans with service-connected
conditions rated 10-20 percent disabling.
> Veterans discharged from active
duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
> Veterans awarded special
eligibility classification under 38 U.S.C., Section 1151.
- Priority Group 4.
> Veterans who are receiving Aid
and Attendance or Housebound benefits.
> Veterans who have been
determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled.
- Priority Group 5. Veterans who have an
annual income and net worth below the means test threshold.
- Priority Group 6. All other eligible veterans
who are not required to make co-payments for their care including:
> World War I and Mexican Border
War veterans.
> Veterans solely seeking care for
disorders associated with exposure to a toxic substance, radiation
or for disorder associated with service in the Persian Gulf.
> Compensable zero percent
service-connected veterans.
Priority Group 7. Non service-connected veterans and zero
percent non-compensable service-connected veterans with income and
net worth above the statutory threshold and who agree to pay
specified co-payments. At this time there is a co-payment of
$2.00 for each prescription. Office visits are
$50.80. The VA can collect from your insurance carrier but not
from medicare.
The established income dollar thresholds for a non
service-connected veteran or a service-connected veteran with a rated
disability of zero percent is $22,352 and above if single, or $26,825
and above with one dependent, plus $1,496 for each additional dependent
(or combined income and net worth is greater that $50,000 (excluding
personal property). The income levels will be adjusted on January
1st of each year by the percentage that VA pension benefits are
increased.
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