Champva Question

[georgiapapa]

It is my understanding that the spouse of a veteran who has been 100% P&T for less than 10 years would not be entitled to DIC if the veteran dies from a non-service connected condition.

QUESTION: Would the spouse also lose their ChampaVA benefits upon the veteran's death if the veteran had been 100% P&T for less than 10 years when he died from a non-service connected condition?

Georgiapapa...

[Berta]

“To be eligible for CHAMPVA, you cannot be eligible for TRICARE/CHAMPUS and you must be in one of these categories:

1. 
   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
   
2. 
   the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who died from a VA-rated service connected disability, or
   
3. 
   the surviving spouse or child of a veteran who was at the time death rated permanently and totally disabled from a service connected disability, or
   
4. 
   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). “
   

http://www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/champva/champva.asp

Also Jerrel and J Basser did many SVR shows here with Glenn Johnson , from CHAMPVA (VA) still available in our SVR radio archives,full of good info.

Just click on the sound Icon next to the show on the left, download it ,(takes a few seconds )and then it play in any PC media player on your PC.

[georgiapapa]

Thanks Berta.

Georgiapapa...

[deanbrt]

No, I don't think so. After a divorce, yes...