Allowance For Spouse Application In Orange
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VA benefits are just for you, but veterans with 100% can enroll their spouses with CHAMPVA. You fill out an application online, and mail it in. Heads up to send it in as soon as you can once you're married.
You married the Veteran or service member within 15 years of their discharge from the period of military service during which the qualifying illness or injury started or got worse, or. You were married to the Veteran or service member for at least 1 year, or. You had a child with the Veteran or service member.
VA offers a wide range of benefits to surviving spouses, dependent children and dependent parents of Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and died as the result of diseases related to Agent Orange exposure. Benefits include compensation and health care benefits.
Only a surviving spouse or children (which includes stepchildren and adopted) are eligible. The veteran must have either died of a service-connected disability, had permanent and total service-connected disability at the time of death, or died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.
Surviving spouses qualify if they have not remarried after the veteran's death, the veteran was not dishonorably discharged, and the veteran satisfies one of the following requirements: Entered active duty on or before September 7, 1980 and served at least 90 days with at least 1 day during a covered wartime period.
Your spouse must be receiving benefits for you to get benefits on their work record. If your spouse does not receive retirement or disability, you'll have to wait to apply on your spouse's record. In addition, to be eligible for spouse's benefits, you must be one of the following: 62 years of age or older.
Eligible dependents of Veterans can also be compensated if they have been exposed to Agent Orange. Qualified dependents could receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Survivors Pension, Education and training benefits as well as health care benefits.
If your wife is eligible, she may continue to receive health care benefits through the VA. This can include CHAMPVA, a health care program for certain spouses and dependents of veterans. Your wife may also be eligible for education benefits under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program.
