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This table will help you
understand what benefits you
and your eligible dependents
are authorized to receive
from the VA. If you have
any questions or concerns
please contact us. Or you
may contact the VA Regional
Office at (800) 827-1000 or
the VA Medical Center in
Minneapolis at (866)
414-5058. |
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Service Connected means that
you are in receipt of a
disability compensation
because you (the veteran)
were disabled by injury or
disease that incurred or was
aggravated during military
service. The service of the
veteran must have been
terminated through
separation or discharge
under conditions that were
other than dishonorable. |
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If you are 0% and greater
service connected |
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Home Loan Guaranty
Certificate of
Eligibility
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Service Disabled
Veterans Life Insurance.
Must apply within 2
years from initial
notice of service
connection of a
disability.
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Call (800) 669-8477
for more information
about
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Waiver of National
Service Life
Insurance premiums
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National Service
Life Insurance total
disability income
provisions
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Outpatient Treatment
for: (1) service
connected condition, and
(2) for all medical
conditions if enrolled
in VA healthcare
program. Co-payment for
treatment may apply for
non-service connected
conditions.
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Travel allowance
for scheduled
appointments for care of
the service connected
condition that the VA
Medical Centers and VA
Out- Patient Clinics.
Eligibility based on
veteran's family income.
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Medical treatment in
non-VA facilities
for service connected
condition. Certain
restrictions apply.
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10 Point Civil
Service Preference.
(10 points added to
Civil Service test
score.)
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Clothing Allowance
for veterans who use or
wear a prosthetic or
orthopedic appliance
(artificial limb,
braces, wheelchair) or
use prescribed
medications for skin
condition which tend to
wear, tear, or soil
clothing.
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Temporary increased
total evaluation with
payment at the 100% rate
based on hospitalization
for a service connected
disability necessitating
at least one month of
convalescence or
immobilization by cast,
without surgery of one
major joint or more.
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Dental treatment
for: (1) service
connected dental
condition, OR (2)
follow-up dental
treatment which was
begun while hospitalized
at a VA Medical Center,
OR and former
Prisioner of War with 90
consecutive days, or
more, of confinement.
Some restrictions may
apply based on
availability of
services.
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If you are 10% and greater
service connected |
All of the above and: |
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If you are 30% and greater
service connected |
All of the above and: |
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Additional
compensation for
dependents.
(Spouse, children,
dependent parents)
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Non-competitive Civil
Service appointment.
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Affirmative action in
employment.
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Travel allowance
for scheduled
appointments for care of
all medical conditions
(except dental) at VA
Medical Centers and VA
Out-Patient Clinics.
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Additional allowance
for a spouse who is a
patient in a nursing
home. (Either
helpless, blind, or so
nearly helpless as to
require the aid and
attendance of another
person.)
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If you are 40% and greater
service connected |
All of the above and: |
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Automobile
Assistance. (One-time
payment up to $8,000).
Veteran must have
service connected loss
of one or both hands or
feet, or permanent loss
of use, or permanent
impairment of vision of
both eyes. (For
information, contact
Prosthetics, Minneapolis
VAMC)
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Special Adaptive
Automobile Equipment.
Veteran must have
service connected
ankylosis (immobility)
of one or both knees, or
one or both hips.
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If you are 50% and greater
service connected |
All of the above and: |
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Medical treatment for
any condition (except
dental). Enrollment
in the VA Health care
program is encouraged
but not required for
treatment of a service
connected condition.
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No co-payments for
treatment at a VA
Medical Center and
Out-Patient Clinics.
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No co-payments on
Prescription Drugs for
service connected
disabilities.
Includes prescriptions
written by a non=VA
physician providing care
under an authorized fee
basis agreement with the
VA Medical Center.
(NOTE: Prescriptions
written by non-VA
physicians may be filled
through the VA pharmacy
for and (1) WW I veteran
(2) veteran entitled to
Aid and Attendance or
Housebound benefits
regardless of evaluation
percentage. A
co-payment will be
charged if the
prescription is not for
a service connected
disability.
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Medical treatment in
non-VA facilities
for any medical
condition.
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If you are 60% to 90% with
Individual Unemployability
and greater service
connected |
All of the above and: |
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If you are Permanent and
Total Evaluation Either 100%
OR 60% 90% with Individual
Unemployability |
All of the above and: |
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Educational
Assistance for
Dependents.
(Chapter 35)
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Civilian Health And
Medical Program For
Dependents/Survivors.
(CHAMPVA)
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Commissary and
Exchange privileges
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Specially Adapted
Home. Building,
buying or remodeling
adaptive homes or paying
indebtedness on existing
home. Veteran must be
entitled to compensation
for permanent and total
service connected
disability due to: (1)
loss or loss of use of
both lower extremities
or
disability which
includes (a) blindness
in both eyes, having
only light perception,
plus (b)
loss or loss of use of
one lower extremity
OR loss or loss of
use on one lower
extremity together with
(a) residuals or organic
disease or injury, or
(b) the loss or loss of
use of one upper
extremity which so
affects the functions of
balance or propulsion as
to preclude locomotion
without using braces,
canes, crutches, or
wheelchair.
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Special Adapted
Homes. Handicap
adaptations to a
veteran's residence
disability. Veteran
must be entitled to
compensation for
permanent and total
service connected
disability due to:
blindness in both eyes
with 5/200 visual acuity
or less, OR
anatomical loss or loss
of use of both hands.
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Veterans Mortgage
Life Insurance.
Decreasing term mortgage
insurance up to $90,000
for veterans who have
received a Specially
Adapted Housing grant
and have an existing
mortgage.
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If you are 100% Permanent
and Total Evaluation service
connected |
All of the above and: |
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