ALL Purple Heart Recipients
Subject: Re: New Ruling
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:21:59
From: Armed Forces News
Purple Hearts May Rate VA Upgrades
The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act has
placed veterans awarded a Purple Heart in enrollment priority group 3 for VA medical care.
The new law also exempts them from co-payments associated with VA care.
The VA has directed its field stations to move qualified veterans previously in priority groups 4 through 7 to group
3 and to omit co-payment requirements.
The agency also has ordered that such veterans be reimbursed for any co-payments paid on or after November 30, 1999.
Eligible veterans may submit documentation, such as DD-214s, service records, orders of award, or the certificate, for inclusion in their VA health records.
Submitted by Herb Dareff ( email )