United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Overview: CHAMPVA Program

Under CHAMPVA, VA shares the cost of covered health care services and supplies with eligible beneficiaries. CHAMPVA is a health care benefits program for the spouse or widow(er) and for the children of a veteran who:

  1. is rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability by a VA regional office, or
  2. was rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected condition at the time of death, or
  3. died of a service-connected disability, or
  4. died on active duty and

The dependents are not otherwise eligible for DoD TRICARE benefits.

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