Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War, wounded warrior, disabled veteran, ex-Enlisted Infantryman, ex-Warrant Officer Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, a Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Hospital, the Fisher House Charleston Good Will Ambassador, and the VP for Veteran Affairs for the local Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning book Blades of Thunder and a contributing free-lance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.
This is the final article in a series on VA Health Care eligibility, priority groups, copay rates, and how veterans’ income levels and other special eligibility factors affect VA healthcare. These five articles and the VA websites referenced within should encourage veterans to stop procrastinating and:
According to the VA webpage “Your Health Care Costs” found at https://bit.ly/4e0HeoY, whether or not a veteran needs to pay copays — and how much they pay — depends on which of the VA’s eight priority groups the VA assigns the veteran to when they enroll in VA health care.
Veterans can find the eligibility requirements for VA healthcare on the VA webpage “Eligibility for VA Health Care” at https://www.va.gov/health-care/eligibility/. All veterans who meet basic service and discharge requirements and who were exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving our country, at home or abroad, are now eligible for VA healthcare. This includes all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other combat zone after 9/11.
My next five articles on veterans’ benefits will cover VA health care, vet centers, priority groups, VA copay rates, Medal of Honor recipients, registry health exams, service-connected disabled veterans, veterans’ income levels, other special eligibility factors for veterans, and how these affect VA healthcare.
How does the VA determine whether a veteran is eligible for free VA Health Care? Read More »
Many of my previous articles on veterans’ benefits and how to file a claim for those benefits covered filing a claim for service-connected disability compensation. In those articles, I tried
Types of VA Service-Connected Disability Claims and more on VA Secondary Conditions Read More »
Ths article is the fourth in a series of four about how the Department of Defense’s Transition Assistance Programs (TAP) are essential for a successful separation from the military and a key to future success.
This is the first article in a series of four on the Department of Defense (DoD) Transition Assistance Program (TAP).
This is the third article in a series of three articles on homeless veterans and the resources available to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, injury, illness, disability, or transition from jail.
Homelessness still a major problem for thousands of veterans, Part 3 Read More »
