Eligibility For Medical Care

[Sgt Savage]

Is someone who DOES NOT have 24 months of service but has been awarded a VA pension eligible for VA medical care?

[GuaymasJim]

If you are still receiving the pension: Yes. Even if you are not still receiving the pension or if you do not have a regularly scheduled appointment and need immediate care, just present yourself to the Emergency Room.

The length of service is less important than the receipt of the VA pension.

[Pete53]

Part of the benefit of the pension is a fairly high ranking that would ensure health care. By definition would get VA care cause of income in my opinion.

[Testvet]

pension amount ensures that the veteran would meet the guidelines for being low income and thus being eligible under the means tests for medical care

[JT24usn]

You are correct on the pension part, but another angle

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Is completion of required active duty. This is mainly for guard and reservists who were called to active duty (for

Other than training) but completed their requirement even though it was less than 24 months. After September 1980 or 81. Anyone before that date need only to have served active duty for other than active duty for training. Be it a short period of time

[Pete53]

I thought that Pensioners had their own rating

[JT24usn]

I thought that Pensioners had their own rating

Priority Group 5 (NSC Pension) see link below for all groups and what they entail

http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/eligibility/PriorityGroupsAll.asp