Va Benefits While Living In A Different Country? South Korea

[Bkorea70]

DISABLED VET WANTS TO LIVE IN SOUTH KOREA AND STILL GET VA BENEFITS

I have been searching the last couple months on the topic of VA care and just dealing with the VA in general if I live in a different country. I have been able to find very little information about this topic. I am certain that I will continue to get my 40% disability pay, but I'm not sure about some other things. Maybe you guys can help me. My wife and I plan on moving back to South Korea where I met her and was stationed for 3 1/2 years. Here are my questions.

• Does the VA have any medical facilities in South Korea or approved facilities? My guess would be that I could go to a military base for medical and the VA would cover that.
• Who would be my primary care doctor living in South Korea?
• Who handles new claims or increases to current claims?
• Where do I go for my compensation exams?
• Does anybody know who within the VA I could contact to find out more information?
• Does anybody have any solid information via a website that will give me more details about living abroad in general and more specifically about living in South Korea? I've looked at the U.S. Embassy and State Department websites and they give you very little information.

I want to make sure I will still receive VA care and be able to file claims and/or increases while living in South Korea. I would hate to move there and then have the VA tell me they don't have any support in South Korea and I would either have to come back to the U.S. to deal with the VA or I can't get any claims processed or medical care.

[carlie]

Bkorea,

I suggest you contact Glenn Johnson from the ChampVA Unit.

This unit has 3 different programs and Foreign Medical Care is one of them.

Tell Glenn that you were sent to him by Hadit.com and the SVR Computer Radio Show.

www4.va.gov/hac/aboutus/aboutus.asp

Click on the Contact Us link and send it to Glenn Johnson.

Foreign Medical Program: (877) 345-8179 or (888) 820-1756