All Enrollment Priority Groups
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| Priority 1: |
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 50% or more disabling
- Veterans determined by VA to be unemployable due to service-connected conditions
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| Priority 2: |
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 30% or 40% disabling
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| Priority 3: |
- Veterans who are Former Prisoners of War (POWs)
- Veterans awarded a Purple Heart medal
- Veterans whose discharge was for a disability that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 10% or 20% disabling
- Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under Title 38, U.S.C., Section 1151, “benefits for individuals disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation”
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| Priority 4: |
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| Priority 5: |
- Nonservice-connected veterans and noncompensable service-connected veterans rated as 0% disabled by VA and whose annual income and net worth are below the VA pension benefitsVA national income threshold
- Veterans receiving VA pension benefits
- Veterans eligible for Medicaid programs
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| Priority 6: |
- World War I veterans
- Compensable 0% service-connected veterans
- Veterans exposed to Ionizing Radiation during atmospheric testing or during the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Project 112/SHAD participants
- Veterans who served in a theater of combat operations after November 11, 1998 as follows:
- Veterans discharged from active duty on or after January 28, 2003, who were enrolled as of January 28, 2008 and veterans who apply for enrollment after January 28, 2008, for 5 years post discharge
- Veterans discharged from active duty before January 28, 2003, who apply for enrollment after January 28, 2008, until January 27, 2011
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| Priority 8: |
- Veterans with income and/or net worth above the VA national income threshold and the geographic income threshold who agree to pay copays
- Subpriority a: Noncompensable 0% service-connected veterans enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date
- Subpriority c: Nonservice-connected veterans enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date
- Subpriority e**: Noncompensable 0% service-connected veterans applying for enrollment after January 16, 2003
- Subpriority g**: Nonservice-connected veterans applying for enrollment after January 16, 2003
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