Retro Service Connection= refund on meds?

[blahsaysme2u]

this was somthing i just thought of after looking at another guys post about benefits for 50% or more SC. one of them listed is free health and meds.

now i have been getting meds from the VA since i enrolled in 2008. i was just bumped over the 50% this year and most of it was retro EED to 2008. does that mean im due a refund for all the money i shelled out for meds? 

https://www.benefits.va.gov/benefits/derivative_sc.asp

[awgv001]

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[Vync]

They will not automatically do this. I had to take my award letter to my VAMC's business office and request reimbursement of all co-pays from the VAMC. I think you can do that now by writing a letter, but I don't know if it needs to go to the intake center, VAMC, or elsewhere. Call your VAMC business office and ask.

[broncovet]

They did for me.  I went to the "means" office at my VAMC.  (I had been paying a deductable and copays for meds through VAMC).  I got a refund of around 800 dollars for several years of refunded copays and deductables (but only with meds supplied by VA).   Take your new VARO decision with you.  

 

Edited January 22, 2020 by broncovet

[Vync]

Good observation by @broncovet. It would only apply to VA copays, not necessarily for non-VA treatment costs.

[blahsaysme2u]

i dont think i have paid any copays...but they have hit me up several times for meds and took it out my monthly check a few times.