Access is the Veteran's ability to obtain medical care at his/her desired location. The ease of access is determined by things such as availability of health care services, location of health car [..]

In VA, adjudication usually refers to the process of obtaining and reviewing facts in a particular claim to make a decision whether to grant benefits in view of the laws governing these benefits.

Adult Day Health Care is a therapeutic day care program, providing medical and rehabilitation services to disabled Veterans in a group setting.

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AIDS can qualify as a service connected disability. Improved Pension may also be paid if AIDS is the disability preventing the Veteran from working.

Allowable deductions are those payments made by Veterans for certain non-reimbursed medical expenses, funeral and burial expenses, and educational expenses. Veterans are able to exclude allowable dedu [..]

A process used to request VA reconsider a decision.

A person who has submitted a formal request for VA health care benefits and/or for enrollment in the VA health care system.

Burial benefits include a gravesite in any of our national cemeteries with available space, the opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a [..]

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) is a health benefits program in which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shares the cost of certain health care [..]