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Payments for Children of Women Vietnam Veterans Born with Certain Birth Defects
To be eligible:
- The child must be the biological child of a woman Veteran who served in Vietnam.
- The birth mother must have served in Vietnam between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975.
- The child must have been conceived after the date on which the Veteran first entered the Republic of Vietnam, and have a birth defect which resulted in a permanent physical or mental disability.
Veterans Affairs (VA) has no requirements regarding the character of the mother's discharge or the length of her service.
The covered birth defects do not include conditions due to family disorders, birth-related injuries, or fetal or neonatal infirmities with well-established causes.
Note: VA can pay for health care specific to the disability, and it may provide vocational counseling, rehabilitation, education and training, if reasonably feasible. The child must be receiving a VA monthly allowance to qualify for those other benefits.
To complete an application, use VA Form 21-0304, "Benefits for Certain Children with Disabilities born of Vietnam Veterans."
You can print the form, fill it out, and send it to this address:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Claims Intake Center
PO Box 4444
Janesville, WI 53547-4444
If you have questions:
- Visit the Ask VA (AVA) website to ask a question electronically
- Call 800-827-1000
- Call 711, if you use a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD)
Hearing impaired users may call:
1-800-829-4833
