For more information on willful and persistent misconduct, see Reference: 4. COD Determinations and Healthcare Introduction This topic contains information on the healthcare benefits available with different types of discharges, including health care benefits for former military personnel with certain OTH discharges, and statutory bar or bad conduct discharges (BCDs). May 28, 2015 Change Date Effective October 8, 1977, under eligibility to health a. Health Care Public Law (PL) 95-126, Benefits for care benefits for any disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty Former during active service is extended to any former military personnel with an Military OTH discharge, regardless of the date of that discharge. Even service Personnel With members who are determined to have been discharged under the bars Certain OTH described in , are eligible for health care. Discharges Eligibility for health care is extended to persons discharged not by reason of a bad conduct discharge (BCD), or under one of the statutory bars described in . Consider any claim which requires review of a statutory bar or preparation of a COD determination as a claim for health care benefits. Even if a BCD is determined to be honorable for VA purposes (HVA), Note: the service member is eligible for health care. This is the not only circumstance in which a service member may be found to have service connected disabilities but not be eligible for health care. For more information on References: eligibility for the health care benefits based on an OTH discharge, see , and treatment for service-connected disabilities, see . Use the table below to determine which action to take for health care benefits b. Statutory Bar or BCD when a COD is the result of a statutory bar or is a BCD.
Reference: For more information on willful and persistent misconduct, see 4. COD Determinations and Healthcare Introduction This topic contains information on the healthcare benefits available with different types of discharges, including health care benefits for former military personnel with certain OTH discharges, and statutory bar or bad conduct discharges (BCDs). Change Date May 28, 2015 a. Health Care Benefits for Former Military Personnel With Certain OTH Discharges Effective October 8, 1977, under Public Law (PL) 95-126, eligibility to health care benefits for any disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during active service is extended to any former military personnel with an OTH discharge, regardless of the date of that discharge. Even service members who are determined to have been discharged under the bars described in , are eligible for health care. Eligibility for health care is not extended to persons discharged by reason of a bad conduct discharge (BCD), or under one of the statutory bars described in . Consider any claim which requires review of a statutory bar or preparation of a COD determination as a claim for health care benefits. Note: Even if a BCD is determined to be honorable for VA purposes (HVA), the service member is not eligible for health care. This is the only circumstance in which a service member may be found to have service connected disabilities but not be eligible for health care. References: For more information on eligibility for the health care benefits based on an OTH discharge, see , and treatment for service-connected disabilities, see . b. Statutory Bar or BCD Use the table below to determine which action to take for health care benefits when a COD is the result of a statutory bar or is a BCD.