VA Priority Groups

• Priority Group 1.  Veterans with service-connected conditions rated 50 percent or more disabling or have been discharged or released from the military less than 12 months (365 days).
• Priority Group 2.  Veterans with service-connected conditions rated 30-40 percent or more disabling.
• Priority Group 3.
    >  Veterans who are former prisoners of war.
    >  Veterans with service-connected conditions rated 10-20 percent disabling.
    >  Veterans discharged from active duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
    >  Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under 38 U.S.C., Section 1151.
• Priority Group 4.
    >  Veterans who are receiving Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits.
    >  Veterans who have been determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled.
• Priority Group 5.  Veterans who have an annual income and net worth below the means test threshold.
• Priority Group 6.  All other eligible veterans who are not required to make co-payments for their care including:
    >  World War I and Mexican Border War veterans.
    >  Veterans solely seeking care for disorders associated with exposure to a toxic substance, radiation or for disorder associated with service in the Persian Gulf.
    >  Compensable zero percent service-connected veterans.
• Priority Group 7.  Non service-connected veterans and zero percent non-compensable service-connected veterans with income and net worth above the statutory threshold and who agree to pay specified co-payments.  At this time there is a co-payment for each prescription and office visit.  The VA can collect from your insurance carrier but not from medicare.