Eligibility: To be eligible for CHAMPVA, an individual cannot be eligible for TRICARE (the medical program for civilian dependents provided by DoD) and must be one of the following: 1  The spouse or child of a Veteran whom VA has rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability. The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who died from a VA- rated service-connected disability, or who, at the time of death, was rated permanently and totally disabled. The surviving spouse or child of a Veteran who died on active duty service and in the line of duty, not due to misconduct.
Ethnic Validity: Definition and Model Ethnic vah'dity is the degree to which problem identification and problem solving are acceptable to the client in respect to the client's belief and value systems, as these are associated with the client's ethnic~cultural group.1985) and Tyler, Brome, and Williams (1991). While both of these models are instructive and have similarities to the model of ethnic validity proposed earlier, there are important differences in these models and the problem-solving framework of school psychology practice. Savage and Adair.
An ethnic group or ethnicity is a socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience.thnicity is often assumed to be the cultural identity of a group, often based on language and tradition, while race is assumed to be a biological classification, based on DNA and bone structure. Race is a more controversial subject than ethnicity, due to its common political use.