DIC/Champva-remarriage regulations

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This question came up from a local friend of mine and I finally found the best answer:

"If you remarry and no longer qualify for TRICARE, you might be eligible for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA), a health benefits program in which the VA shares the cost of certain health care services and supplies. CHAMPVA provides coverage to the surviving spouse and to the children of a veteran who: • is rated permanently and totally disabled because of a service-connected disability; • was rated permanently and totally disabled because a service-connected condition at the time of death; • died of a service-connected disability; or • died on active duty and the dependents are not eligible for DoD TRICARE benefits. Effect of Remarriage: If you remarry prior to age 55, you lose eligibility for CHAMPVA. However, eligibility will be restored in the case of death or divorce, beginning on the first day of the month after the new marriage ends. If you remarry after age 55, eligibility for CHAMPVA is unaffected."

https://www.moaa.org/uploadedFiles/Content/Publications_and_Media/MOAA_Publications/Publication_Downloads/RemarriageGuide.pdf

The entire pfd. should be read over by any widow/widower of a veteran, who receives DIC and CHAMPVA, and intends to remarry.

 

This is also explained in M21-1MR:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjdkqzg_erVAhVE1oMKHSgBDSYQFggmMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benefits.va.gov%2FWARMS%2Fdocs%2Fadmin21%2Fm21_1%2Fmr%2Fpart4%2Fsubptiii%2Fch03%2Fpt04_sp03_ch03_secF.doc&usg=AFQjCNHdsdwsS-KiLpCYCh7G38bQjCMx9w