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DENTAL RESOURCES FOR VETERANS

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QUESTION: HOW DO I KNOW IF I QUALIFY FOR VA DENTAL CARE?

ANSWER: Read the different questions below to find out the dental benefits you may qualify for.

Question #1- I have a current service-connected compensable dental disability. Do I Qualify?                                                                                               

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #2- I have a service-connected NON-compensable (not getting paid by the VA) dental disability from combat wounds or service trauma. Do I Qualify?                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

 *Please note:  You Qualify for Dental Care Needed To Make Sure You Have and Can Keep A Functioning Working Set Of Teeth. A Dental Trauma Rating (VA Form 10-564-D) or VA Regional Office Rating Decision letter (VA Form 10-7131) will tell you the tooth/teeth/condition(s) that are trauma rated.

Question #3- I have a permanent disability rating of 100%. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                                         

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #4- I only have a temporary 100% rating. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Answer: NO. You Do Not Qualify For VA Dental Care.                                    

*Please note: If you’re being paid at the 100% disabling rate based on a temporary rating (for a reason such as a surgery or a long stay in the hospital or rehab care), you do not qualify for VA dental benefits.

Question #5- I served on active duty for 90 days during the Persian Gulf Era. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For One-Time VA Dental Care.                                       

*Please note: All of these must be true for you:

  • You didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge, and
  • You apply for dental care within 180 days of discharge or release, and
  • Your DD214 certificate of discharge doesn’t show that you had a complete dental exam and all needed dental treatment before you were discharged*

Question #6- I am a Former Prisoner of War. Do I Qualify?   Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #7– I am active in a 39 USC Chapter 31 Veterans Readiness Employment Program. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                            

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to:

  • Make it possible for you to be in the employment program, or
  • Make it possible for you to reach the goals of your Veteran Readiness and Employment program, or
  • Prevent you from having to stop your employment program, or
  • Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “interrupted” or “leave” status), or
  • Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “discontinued” status) because of an illness, injury, or dental condition, or
  • Make it possible for you to get and adjust to a job during the period of employment assistance, or
  • Make it possible for you to be fully independent in your daily living

Question #8- I have a dental condition that is making my service-connected health condition worse. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                           –                               

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: Dental care must be needed to treat the dental issue that a VA dental care provider finds is making the health condition you’re being treated for harder to treat.

Question #9- I’m signed up to receive dental care through the Homeless Veterans Dental Program. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                        

Answer: YES. You Qualify For One-Time VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to:

  • Relieve your pain, or
  • Help you get a job, or
  • Treat your moderate, severe, or complicated and severe gingival and periodontal conditions (gum infections that can lead to pain, swelling, and bone and tooth loss if not treated)

Question #10- I currently receive inpatient care in a hospital or nursing home or domiciliary setting. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to: provide Dental services that a VA dental care provider—working with your primary care provider—concludes you need to manage a health condition a doctor is currently treating.

ADDITIONAL  DENTAL RESOURCES

  • Bridging the Dental Gap

1223 S 12th St, Ste 1
Bismarck ND 58504
701-221-0518 
dentalgap@yahoo.com 
http://bridgingthedentalgap.com/

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