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Health Care Benefits for Dependents (CHAMPVA)
undefined Health Care Benefits for Dependents (CHAMPVA)?
undefined Health Care Benefits for Dependents (CHAMPVA)?
To be eligible for CHAMPVA, you cannot be eligible for TRICARE/CHAMPUS, and you must be in one of these categories:
- The spouse or child of a Veteran who has been rated permanently and totally disabled for a service-connected disability by a VA regional office OR
- The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who died from a VA-rated service connected disability OR
- The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who was at the time of death rated permanently and totally disabled from a service connected disability OR
- The surviving spouse or child of a military member who died in the line of duty, not due to misconduct (in most of these cases, these family members are eligible for TRICARE, not CHAMPVA).
If you are in one of the above categories and you are over the age of 65 and have Medicare Part A entitlement, at any age, in most cases you must also have Medicare Part B. Please submit a copy of your Medicare card when you enroll in CHAMPVA.
Generally, in order to receive VA benefits and services the Veteran/Servicemember's character of discharge or service must be under other than dishonorable conditions (e.g., honorable, under honorable conditions, general). However, individuals receiving undesirable, bad conduct, and other types of dishonorable discharges may qualify for VA benefits depending on a determination made by VA.
undefined Health Care Benefits for Dependents (CHAMPVA)?
For information on the CHAMPVA application process, please visit the How to Apply website.
If you have questions:
- Visit the Ask VA (AVA) website to search Frequently Asked Questions or ask a question on-line
- Enrolled beneficiaries may review their program and claims at the CHAMPVA website
- Call 1-800-733-8387, (Monday through Friday from 8:05 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time)
To apply for VA benefits and services, view your benefit status, and many more services go to www.va.gov and either logon with your eBenefits sign on or use www.Logon.gov to enroll. VA.gov is a one-stop source for information on Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and services. Veterans, service members and their family members can conduct self-service transactions such as checking compensation and pension claim status information, enrolling in GI Bill, and obtaining copies of civil service preference letters, military records (DD214), and other personal information. For further information visit the VA.gov website.