How To Register With Va For Health Care

Environmental Wellness Registry Evaluation for Veterans

VA's health registry evaluation is a free, voluntary medical assessment for Veterans who may accept been exposed to certain environmental hazards during military machine service.

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Many sites are open for registry exams but some local restrictions and closures may all the same utilize. Some sites are offering telehealth registry exams. Please contact your local Environmental Health Coordinator to find out more. We appreciate the importance of the registry evaluations to empathize military environmental exposures. Every bit a reminder, these exams are not tied to care, treatment or benefits. Please call your local VA medical middle if you have a medical issue that needs attending. We remain committed to serving Veterans. VA will update the condition of registry exam scheduling when there is new information.

Doctor talking with a patient about registry evaluations

The evaluations alert Veterans to possible long-term wellness problems that may be related to exposure to specific environmental hazards during their military service.

VA has established several health registries to rail and monitor the health of specific groups of Veterans.

The registry data helps VA understand and respond to these health problems more than effectively.

You may be eligible to participate in one or more of these wellness registries:

Agent Orange Registry
Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry
Gulf War Registry (includes Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn)
Ionizing Radiations Registry
Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program
Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Middle

Use the chart beneath to assistance determine your eligibility.

Period of Military machine Service	Agent Orange	Airborne Hazards and Open Burn down Pit	Depleted Uranium Follow-up	Gulf War	Ionizing Radiations	Toxic Embedded Fragments
1940s–1950s					Eligible
1960s	Eligible				Eligible
1970s	Eligible
1990s		Eligible	Eligible	Eligible
2000s–Present		Eligible	Eligible	Eligible		Eligible

Contact your local VA Environmental Health Coordinator virtually getting a registry evaluation. You lot practice not need to enroll in VA's health care arrangement to take part.

Interested in inability bounty?

The registry evaluation is carve up from VA's disability bounty procedure and does non confirm exposure to environmental hazards during military service.

Veterans who desire to exist considered for disability compensation for exposure-related wellness bug must file a claim for inability compensation.

During the claims process, VA will check military records to verify exposure to the claimed environmental gamble or qualifying military machine service. If necessary, VA will set up a specific bounty test.